The Talk of the Town: Workboxes
Workboxes, workboxes workboxes! That is a key term you will very likely encounter if you visit any homeschooling websites or blogs lately. Workboxes are an organizational system used with any curriculum that helps foster independent work habits and a well-structured school day. This lens will attempt to capture the Tweets and postings about what's in and what's out, and what's going on with the box.
Sue Patrick first developed this system for her autistic son. What she found though was that it could help children become more independent with their school day. Her book explains why the workboxes work, what you will need to get started, and how to structure your day.
Sue Patrick's Workbox System A User's Guide
Amazon Price: $19.95 (as of 01/06/2010) 
Look Who's Talking: Featured Blogger
10/21/09
This week's spotlight is on Ginger who blogs about workboxes at Ginger Snap Shots Here are some posts from her site that I wouldn't want you to miss:
Her Workbox Set-Up She plans the schedule strips for a whole week. Neat idea!
Workbox schedule strip printables
Thanks for sharing your workbox ideas Ginger!
Click here to see past featured bloggers.
Still Aren't Sure About Workboxes?
This lens goes more in-depth:
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Working the Workboxes
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It was toward the end of last year that I started seeing the phrase "workboxes" pop up on homeschooling messageboards and blogs. I had no idea what they were, so I started investigating. Basically, workboxes are an organizational system used...
Workboxes Twitter List
Best of:
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- blogging working the workboxes http://www.squidoo.com/workboxes
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- A Workbox System For Special Needs Homeschooling - http://bit.ly/uhQrF
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- retweet | reply heartofwisdom
- My Evernote notebook for #homeschool #workboxes public list- links to workbox users. http://ow.ly/QYfS
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- retweet | reply AmberOliver
- Our workbox system!! The thing that has me ITCHING to get started on the new school year! http://bit.ly/rQFl7
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- retweet | reply sunflowermommie
- If you are using workboxes come by and check out the new Workbox Blogroll at http://www.sunflowerschoolhouse.com/. #workboxes
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- I posted a new article about workboxes on my website www.sunflowerschoolhouse.com this morning. Check it out!
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- Origami Mommy has a great cube tutorial on her blog. Great for workboxes! http://bit.ly/zVCcI
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- Our Nifty Notebook: Homeschooling Workboxes: Week 4 http://bit.ly/2Wxk6e #homeschooling
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- the ELLA echo: how we homeschool: our version of workboxes http://bit.ly/3o1YvR
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- retweet | reply sunflowermommie
- Brick Building Activites for the #workboxes. Free download at www.sunflowerschoolhouse.com. Come pick it up today.
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- retweet | reply angeladionne
- Just wrote an article on workboxes with lots of ideas on what to fill 'em up with! http://bit.ly/pjcWT
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- retweet | reply heartofwisdom
- New Post: Free Printable Workbox Tags #homeschool http://bit.ly/2E1pY7
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- retweet | reply andietweets
- My Friend's Son Made His Own Homeschool Workboxes! http://post.ly/9RHh
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- retweet | reply rostitchery
- new post on "the ELLA echo": how we homeschool--what's in today's work folders http://3.ly/T7e #homeschool #homeschooling #workbo
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Adding Games to the Boxes
ThinkFun Math Dice
Amazon Price: $8.05 (as of 01/06/2010)
Head Full of Numbers Math Game
Amazon Price: $12.99 (as of 01/06/2010)
Bananagrams
Amazon Price: $14.09 (as of 01/06/2010)
Educational Insights Name That Country Game
Amazon Price: $24.17 (as of 01/06/2010)
What to Put in the Workboxes
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Filling Your Workboxes
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Workboxes are a brilliant solution for homeschool organization! In a nutshell, you fill 12 (or less) workboxes each day with your student's lessons. They progress through the boxes, doing one lesson at a time. every so often, depending on your child'...
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Toddler Workbox Ideas
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As I mentioned in my Working the Workboxes article, I am a mom of 5 kids ranging from 11yrs. old to 1yr. old. I originally implemented the workbox system for my older kids, but my two-year old kept asking for hers. When I thought about it, I knew it...
Items That Work Well With Workboxes
Take It to Your Seat Literacy Centers, Grades 2-3
Amazon Price: $16.49 (as of 01/06/2010)
History Pockets: Colonial America, Grades 4-6+
Amazon Price: $10.19 (as of 01/06/2010)
Video View of Workboxes
What is Your Best Workbox Tip?
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- Intuitive Intuitive Sep 29, 2009 @ 8:13 am
- I don't have kids so I don't know anything about homeschooling, but I keep running into it here on Squidoo. I'm wondering how some of these methods would work for adults trying to learn something and/or stay focused/organized. Seems like a lot more fun and creative way to do things. 5*
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- SpellOutloud SpellOutloud Sep 15, 2009 @ 4:36 pm | in reply to spirituality
- Thanks! I've added it. :)
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- spirituality spirituality Sep 15, 2009 @ 2:07 pm
- :) I don't have a workbox tip. I do have a squidoo tip. You're so good at HTML that you have sideskipped one of the features of squidoo that makes interlinking related lenses look WAY better: the featured lenses module. More great squidoo modules: http://www.squidoo.com/squido-modules
The Latest Talk on Workboxes
(from the blogging-side)
- Learning By Living: To Workbox Or Not To Workbox...
- We've implemented the workbox system into our homeschooling for almost a year and it's run smoothly up until these past couple months. I just started slacking on filling them up and then we moved our homeschool room into our spare ...
- Workboxing Benefits
- The Sue Patrick Workbox System is the organizational system to which I am referring. It has taken the homeschool world by storm the past few months ? generating at least three new online discussion groups, working its way into the ...
- The Precious Mind: Sure Patrick's Workbox System
- There's a new homeschooling craze out there, and, in case you haven't heard about it, I'm sharing it with you now! It's called the Workbox System, created by homeschooling mom Sue Patrick. Sue's system divides school work into twelve ...
- Why Homeschool: Carnival of Homeschool: Week 210 - The 4th Anniversary
- If The Shoe (Box) Does Not Fit is a review Sue Patrick's ?Workbox System.? A former school teacher turned homeschooler writes about how the ?Workbox System? changed, and didn't change, her approach to homeschooling, at The Learning ...
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Comments? Questions? I'm All Ears!
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- Jimmie Jimmie Nov 20, 2009 @ 6:33 am
- I am so impressed with your lenses! You're an asset to the community! :-) Keep it up!
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- Pukeko Pukeko Sep 29, 2009 @ 12:25 am
- We are going to give this a go next term. Hope it works for us.
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- hayleylou hayleylou Sep 28, 2009 @ 4:24 pm
- Going to check this one out, thanks, 5 stars
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- Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz Sep 26, 2009 @ 10:44 pm
- I love how organized the workbox system is. Do you have a certain order that you children must follow or can they decide which order they do the boxes in?
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- jaja23 jaja23 Sep 26, 2009 @ 10:12 pm
- Good lens! It's the first time I knew about this... thanks for the infos! ... now I learned something new ^_^ 5*
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