index cards?
March 9th, 2010 | 
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Dani asked:
i keep askign this but im not getting a good answer.
what do i do with index cards…..7th grade subjects. i know about flashcards and research. but what else. i have american government,spanish,health,life science,plant science, algebra, pre calculus, english, creative composition, knitting, crocheting, pottery, american history, judaism, reading, ancient civilization, and cooking. these are my courses in my homeschooling online school i attend.
please tell me maybe a little bit to do with each.
i really want stuff other then flashcards and blah blah blah.
i hope people can help.
thanks very much
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i keep askign this but im not getting a good answer.
what do i do with index cards…..7th grade subjects. i know about flashcards and research. but what else. i have american government,spanish,health,life science,plant science, algebra, pre calculus, english, creative composition, knitting, crocheting, pottery, american history, judaism, reading, ancient civilization, and cooking. these are my courses in my homeschooling online school i attend.
please tell me maybe a little bit to do with each.
i really want stuff other then flashcards and blah blah blah.
i hope people can help.
thanks very much
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Try using them as throwing cards;) j/k. Do you have alot of index cards or something? I mostly just use them for the same reasons everyone else mentioned.
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The reason you’re not getting the answers you want is that most people don’t use index cards as staples in homeschooling other than as flash cards. If you want something more, you might have to come up with it! However, I do have some ideas below.
Government example: Each card represents part of a layout for the structure. You might have a large sheet of paper with lines and then blank boxes for you to put the cards in, or you might just do it without that. Set the structure up, write the correct information on the cards–position name on one side and details on the back–then mix all the cards up and see if you can remember where each position goes. If you want to match people with their actual names, you could paste a picture of a government official/rep. on a card then create a label with 1/4 or something of another card with the person’s name and a separate label with his/her position. Your job would be to match up everything correctly. (Do make sure to mark the backs or to have some resource you can refer to so you can see if you’re right.)
History example: memorizing a timeline. Have the events on the cards with the details on the back with a written out timeline (just the years) on paper. Try to put the cards in the correct spot. You could also do a “matching game” like above where you have year cards then event cards and match them correctly.
You could take the same approach with other subjects, too, depending on the visual component you can incorporate.
Reading: keep a card for each book you read, as a kind of log of what you read. Put the book information on one side then write a quick summary of the book or plot, or perhaps a quick critique with a grade you’d given the book.
Creative composition: ideas you come up with to write about. Developed ideas for character sketches or plot details.
For any of your subjects requiring studying for tests, you could use the cards to create your own test questions, one card per question. Make some that are multiple choice, others true or false, others short answer and see if you can find some essay topic ideas online. Have an index card box for that subject and each day, you could pick a couple of questions to do. Of course, you’d have to keep adding questions as you moved through your work.