Notebooking Pages Search

I've decided on a Geography curriculum for Fox next year (Apologia's Around the World in 180 Days by Sherri Payne*) and have also decided that a notebook will work great for this. Notebooking to be more precise. I want to use it for The Story-book of Science as well. The problem is- I have no clue how to do it.

I am the kind of person who, although I do not follow recipes very well, needs step-by-step instructions for most things when I first learn of them or want to try them. After that the instructions fly out the window and anything goes! Until I get to that point, I want to see everyone else's ideas and finished products. For comparison purposes- to see if I am at least on the right track.

I've tried lapbooking but it actually was very time consuming for me and although the kids liked the finished product, I didn't feel there was enough for them to do. Suppose I could have done it differently but... perhaps another time. Right now, it's notebooking.

Here are a few sites that I've come across that have great notebooking pages already made and available for sale (also some freebies) and/or general information about notebooking:

NotebookingPages.com -those who notebook on a regular basis already know of this site. It is actually one of the first sites that turned up on my search (and wouldn't you know, it's a site that I have already bookmarked in the past!)

Homeschool Helper Online -you can find some freebie notebooking pages here, as well as a lot of other resources dealing with homeschooling.

The Home School Mom -this link takes you to the notebooking page (talks about what it is and has links).

Homeschool Notebooking -this site I just found and here you can find free notebooking pages. 

Notebook Share -although this is a great resource for lapbooking, I discovered they have a lot of notebooking pages also. 

Here are some that show/tell how to make your own notebooking pages:

Jimmie's Squidoo -I love the lenses by Jimmie. They are always great. This is no different. Actually when I started searching for how-to's for making your own pages this was the first one in the results :)

LilliputStation's Squidoo -not as descriptive or inclusive as Jimmie's but it is helpful as well.

Soon as I figure out how to use my free desktop publishing software (Serif PagePlus Essentials- which is no longer 'free'- but you can get the basic version here for free) I plan on making some of my own. Then I can share them with others :) 

I'm excited to get them put together for his school but also for the simple act of making them :)

*Links to Amazon search. It is unavailable from Apologia until May 2011. It is an affiliate link- any purchases you make from Amazon from that link will help my budget- and yours~!