A filing of ideas

We're not officially homeschooling yet, since our oldest is only four. However, that doesn't mean that I don't read a lot of homeschooling books, magazines, catalogs and blogs. A couple years ago, I found that I had too many ideas in my brain (and notes in my planner and markers in various books), and wanted some organization to all of the homeschooling ideas I was gathering. I decided to buy a plastic box, a stack of index cards, and begin writing all the ideas I came across on an index card.

Now whenever I read or hear of an idea, curriculum, book, game, anything homeschool-related, I grab my box, my favorite pen, and an index card (sometimes some scissors, too- if I want a picture of the item) and go to town! This has been a great resource for me to go back to already- when I think, "What was the name of that book...?" Hopefully it will continue to be a resource for us in the years to come, too!