What's New at donnayoung.org during 2014

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New at DY in 2014

Below is a list of what is new at donnayoung.org during this year. The list will also include new items in the subscription area. The subscription area items are marked with a YoungMinds image and have a gray background.

D.C. Journal

November 2014 > donnayoung.org > Calendars > Organizers & Journals
D.C. Journal is a lined calendar that is 73 pages long.

D.C. Journal is a lined calendar that is 73 pages long. Each month has 6 pages and each page features the current month's calendar in a vertical column placed in the inner margins. Read more

2-Page Block Calendar

November 2014 > donnayoung.org > Calendars > Organizers & Journals

It's a brand new 2-page per month calendar that is ideal to put into your full-sized binder. The calendar's 2-page spread features the following- -Blocks measure approximately 1.5" tall by 1.76" wide -Clean layout with no colors -Ruled column on the right...

Purse-Sized Calendar Booklet

October 2014 > donnayoung.org > Household > Purse-Sized

WOW! a Purse-Sized Calendar Booklet!

Standard Lined Paper

October 2014 > donnayoung.org > Handwriting > Paper > Filler
Standard Lined Paper

I moved the "Standard" lined paper to its own page and added a gray scale version of each file. The gray scale version has black lines and any vertical lines are medium gray.

Spelling - McLists

October 2014 > donnayoung.org > English > Spelling
YoungMinds Subscribers - Another new thing in spelling - spelling word lists from McGuffey's Eclectic Spelling Book, 1879. Log-in and go to- https://donnayoung.org/dy/english/spelling/mc-lists.htm

Spelling Practice

October 2014 > donnayoung.org > English > Spelling
YoungMinds Subscribers - This is new - it is a simple form with which up to 14 spelling words can be placed in a worksheet format for the purpose of spelling practice. I made this, but this is my opinion- I don't really think this sort of worksheet is essential because the student can copy words in a notebook, but here is the worksheet generator just the same. To access it, log-in, go to English > Spelling. It is in the sidebar on the spelling home page.

Handwriting Readiness

October 2014 > donnayoung.org > Handwriting > Beginning Manuscript

Handwriting Readiness is crazy popular. I've remade all of the files and added two more.

Calendars - 3-Month - WIDE

September 2014 > donnayoung.org > Calendars > Yearly & School
Calendars - 3-Month - WIDE

3-Months per page Calendars with wide blocks! These are similar to the 3-month ruled calendars, but I removed the ruled lines and stretched out the bocks.

Calendars - 3-Month - Ruled

September 2014 > donnayoung.org > Calendars > Yearly & School
Calendars - 3-Month - Ruled

New Calendar layouts! Someone wrote me saying, "hey! do you have this?" and I thought, "whaaat? I got to have that." I could have placed these files on the Attendance page of Homeschool Planner - Admin, and I will add a link from there, BUT these are placed in the Calendars section.

HWoT Handwriting Lessons 25 - 50 and Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

September 2014 > donnayoung.org > Penmanship > 133 Manuscript Lessons
HWoT Handwriting Lessons 25 - 50 and Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Handwriting W/o Tears style handwriting lessons that are more or less coordinated with the book, Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons - Lessons 25 - 50

HWoT Handwriting Lessons 1 - 24 and Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

September 2014 > donnayoung.org > Penmanship > 133 Manuscript Lessons
HWoT Handwriting Lessons 1 - 24 and Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons

Handwriting W/o Tears style handwriting lessons that are more or less coordinated with the book, Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons - Lessons 1 - 24

HWT Handwriting Practice Worksheets K-1

September 2014 > donnayoung.org > Penmanship > By Style
HWT Handwriting Practice Worksheets K-1

Handwriting W/O Tears handwriting worksheets for beginners. The starter set "Basic Letter Practice" includes some form of guidance for all letters.

Calendars Update on August 1st

September 2014 > donnayoung.org > Calendars Index

Instead of updating on January 1st, the calendars at donnayoung.org will update on August 1st.

Handwriting Number

September 2014 > Math > PreK-2 > Numbers
$Handwriting Numbers$ Handwriting practice just for numbers 0 through 9. Each printed worksheet has two lessons of alternately tracing numbers then writing numbers. Choose from 3 different handwriting styles.

Numbers on Pencils - Writing Numerals

September 2014 > Math > PreK-2 > Numbers
$Writing Numerals$ Numbers (Numerals) on Pencils - There are 11 files in this group, each one, except for the blank, has a number spelled on a background of handwriting rule. The numerals are one through ten.

Telling Time

September 2014 > Math > PreK-2 > Telling Time
$Telling Time$ New set of Telling Time worksheets - The worksheets have the heading "Telling Time to the Half Hour" so from that you know these problems are all about the half hour.

DonnaYoung.org Index of Top 200 Pages

September 2014 > donnayoung.org

For the chronically curious, this page has links to DonnaYoung.org's most popular 200 pages during the back-to-school season. This list changes a bit during the year because the needs of my visitors change.

2015 Half-Sized Household Planner

September 2014 > Household > Half-Sized > Dated Block

Crank up those Printers! Load it with some 28# or 32# paper! The 2015 Half-Sized Household Planner is online and ready to print!

Fact Family Worksheets

September 2014 > Math > PreK-2 > Fact Families
$Fact Family Worksheets$ Fact Family worksheets in three handwriting styles - ZB, DN, & HWT.

Handwriting Planner

September 2014 > Handwriting > Beginning Manuscript > K-1 > K-1 Schedules

What?! A Handwriting Planner.. whaaaaat? Sort out your handwriting lessons! There are 4 pages with a ruled background and 6 groups of blocked areas, each made up of 30 cells, which = 180 lesson plans. A matching ruled paper file is provided.

Targeted Teaching Manuscript Handwriting

September 2014 > Handwriting > Beginning Manuscript > Targeted

I updated Targeted Teaching Manuscript Handwriting lessons to clean it up a bit and to add bookmark links to each group of handwriting lessons. The bookmark links are convenient if one needs to refer someone to a certain group of handwriting lessons.

My Best Buddy Had to Leave

HWT Handwriting Practice Worksheets K-1

August 2014 > Handwriting > By Style > HWT > HWT K-1

New handwriting practice worksheets in a font style that is similar to handwriting w/o tears. This page is K-1 and the handwriting practice will have a rule height of around 5/8". Also new- Uppercase letters only sorted by stroke.

Double Line Ruled Printable Paper

August 2014 > Handwriting > Paper > Handwriting > Double Line

Double Line Printable Paper features a rule that has two lines instead of three. Papers come in 3 rule sizes, in landscape and portrait, fully ruled, blank top-each in 2 degrees of blankness, and landscape with 4 columns.

Missing Numbers Multiplication Charts

May 2014 > Math > Charts > Multiplication
$math/multiplication-charts.htm$ Each multiplication chart is missing a set of numbers that are divisible by a certain number. The student may observe the pattern of missing numbers, fill in the missing numbers, and complete the multiplication problem set.

80 More Lessons for DN Style

May 2014 - Handwriting > By Style > DN

handwriting lessons in a style resembling dnealian

I've added 80 more lessons to DN Style. The rule height is approximately 7/16" or about 12mm.

Handwriting Animations
for DN Style

May 2014 - Handwriting > By Style > DN

handwriting animations in a style resembling dnealian

Animations for DN Style
DN style is very similar to D'Nealian. There are 53 animated letters in this hand drawn set.

More Play Money

April 2014 - Math > Money > Play Money
$million play money dollars$ By request I have added 4 more denominations to this set of small sized play money. This money is ideal for game money or for use as a learning tool.

K1 Manuscript Handwriting

April 2014 - Handwriting > Beginning Manuscript > Large Letters

I've added 31 new files to the "Large Letters" manuscript handwriting page. Most of the new worksheets are in a new set called Set 3. Rule height is approximately 1 3/8".

More 9mm Rule

April 2014 - Handwriting > Paper > Filler

I've added 5 new files to the 9mm rule printable filler paper page - all with a book theme. YoungMinds subscribers have 7 new 9mm filler paper files.

Clock Worksheets

April 2014 - Math > Clocks
$Clock Worksheets$ I've added 3 dozen new clock worksheets to the Math- Clocks page. YoungMinds subscribers have 3 1/2 dozen new clock worksheets.

V Planner V4

March 2014 - Subscriber Content

V Planner V4 is ready to use. V Planner is a spreadsheet file and requires Microsoft Excel. The file is made available by either subscribing to YoungMinds or by purchasing a Site-CD. V Planner helps you manage your lesson plans and grades.

MM - Manuscript Medium

January 2014 - DY > Handwriting > Beginning Manuscript

MM Medium - Handwriting lessons with a rule size of approximately 1/2". This page is new and contains 80 handwriting lessons - 2 lessons per printed sheet.

XLSX Query String Generator

January 2014 - DY > Handwriting >
Gen

The query string generator is a tool that allows you to plan the generated handwriting lessons ahead of time. It can create query strings for certain templates in M.Large and M.Medium.

Comic - Classic Layouts

January 2014 - Art > Comic

I have added 3 new layouts - 4-Panel, 6-Panel, and 9-Panel. The gutters measure 1/4", the border should be around 1/2", and the panels on each page are the same size. Printed results could vary slightly from mine.

Grid Notes Generator

January 2014 - Math > Paper > Graph Paper I
$Grid Notes Generator$ In the sidebar of Graph Paper I page, I have added a generator that can place your list of 24 items on sheet of graph paper.

Centimeter Graph Paper

January 2014 - Math > Paper > Graph Paper I
$Centimeter Graph Paper$ I've added 9 new printable graph papers. The base graph size is a centimeter. The set has 3 styles and 3 variations, hence, the 9 files. Sizes are approximate.

Spreadsheet Tool- Donna Young's Grade Calculator

January 2014 - Homeschool Planner > Administrative > Grades

I've remade my grade calculators. The new calculators can handle up to 7 weighed values in points and percentages. Includes optional proration with the percentage values and optional letter grades.

Math Papers with 16, 20, 25, and 30 Boxes

January 2014 - Math > Papers
$Math Papers with 16, 20, 25, and 30 Boxes$ I have added four new printable made-for-math-work papers. These papers features a certain numbers of boxes - 16 boxes, 20 boxes, 25 boxes, or 30 boxes.

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Pen and Pencil Shading - Value Scale Exercises

Pen and Pencil Shading - Value Scale Exercises- Discover the value range of your drawing pens and pencils. Work toward achieving the right shading in your drawings.

1/2 Sized 2012 Menu Planner

A Half-Sized Menu - these files are available in both printing settings of regular and booklet printing. See page for details.

Homeschool Planners with Rows

The Row Lesson Planners - I've updated this page to include links to my row planner files rather than links to pages that contain row planners. If you are unfamiliar with a row planner - it is a different sort of layout, plans are listed in rows rather than boxes and is ideal for the classic broad assignment, such as "This Week - Read chapter 1 and do so & so ... , work is due on [date]".

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