Homeschooling
I love making things to help my kids love learning, and when I finally learned how to use Adobe Creative suite, it was a dream come true!
Before I knew about InDesign, I used Microsoft Publisher or Heritage Makers to make everything, but since we began homeschooling, I’ve used the things I’ve learned in my Visual Comm class to create learning materials for my kids.
Our first day of homeschooling, we painted a poster with our new school’s name, and I took a photo of it and used some free online photo editing to make it into a logo. When we began to homeschool, the first thing I made was fun binder covers using Heritage Makers. I also made some "cultural passports" for fun as we learn about other countries.
I used Publisher to make paper dolls to look like my older two girls when we first began. I used Illustrator to make a paper doll for my youngest, and it was so much better. I now use Illustrator to make paper doll outfits from different countries that we learn about. I create Prezi presentations to teach my girls about different countries and their various cultures. I use Adobe Illustrator and InDesign to create worksheets and lapbooks for my girls for language arts.
I’m obsessed with organization and planning, and I already used Microsoft Excel for lots of things. It felt natural to use Excel to get organized for homeschooling, too.