Tip: Glue activities in workbooks

Tip: Glue activities in workbooks
When your workbook calls for your child to cut out pictures and glue them on to the workbook page, here are some tips (learned the hard way)...

Make sure the pictures to be cut out aren't actually on the reverse side of a workbook page. Yes, I have actually had this happen. But rest assured, BJUP has been VERY good about not having material that needs to be cut out on the other side of something important, LOL.

Important: again, check the other side of the workbook page. If the other side of the workbook page has work for your child to fill out, fill out that side FIRST. You'll find that if you have your child fill in the answers after gluing on the other side, the page will be all wet and crinkly - not so easy to fill in the answers!

BJUP specific:
In the K5 Beginnings program, the workbook pages always follow the same format. The first part of the lesson is the Unit Study part. For example, this week's lessons are on different types of songs. The first workbook page had a picture of a family singing campfire songs. The student had to cut out a picture of fire & clue it in the middle. Next, we learned the letter "c". The other side of the workbook page had handwriting practice. It is really hard to write properly on a wet soggy piece of paper. We have learned to do the handwriting & reading lessons first and save the fun unit study, gluing activities for last. It works out anyway, because if you find that your younger child had a potty accident all over the floor and everything is going wrong for the day...well, get the nitty-gritty stuff done & skip the fun stuff for the day!