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Using Pinterest for homeschool inspiration

ByLora

Written by contributor Lora Lynn Fanning of Vitafamiliae

A note from Jamie: This post originally published on August 8, 2011. Pinterest has grown substantially since then, and has become a popular spot for keeping track of homeschool inspiration! You can find Lora Lynn’s boards here and follow mine here if you’re so inclined. Enjoy!

Pinterest is the latest darling of social websites. It allows you to “pin” or bookmark pictures and posts that inspire you. You can then organize them into categories, creating your own lovely online bulletin board.

For homeschool moms that crawl the internet looking for craft ideas or inspiration, it’s the perfect way to keep up with each new page without creating a million bookmarks in an already crowded folder.

You can create a board for art ideas, one for curriculum favorites, and another for schoolroom inspiration.

Pinterest boards

Once you’ve pinned an item, just click on it again to be taken to the website where it originated. (Important note: if you pin items from a website or blog, make sure you are pinning from the specific post and note the entire site. Otherwise, you may not be able to find the information you wanted to save.)

Pinterest is also searchable, which means if you are on the hunt for a specific thing, like valentine crafts, you can easily find a myriad of ideas to spark your own creativity.

Are you using Pinterest? Have you found it helpful to keep track of homeschool ideas there?

56 Comments

    1. Kelly…your link to Pinterest is broken…

  2. I love Pinterest for this. I have a board for each subject and the pictures make it so easy to scan for the project I’m looking for while I’m writing lesson plans.

  3. I love Pintrest for visual bookmarking and for finding inspiration for things like decorating. However, when I find something where I want to remember content like a recipe or homeschool curriculum, I go to the original source and then clip it on Evernote. I’m always afraid links will break or websites will disappear. I like Evernote to save all the information for the future. Plus, it’s also searchable. 🙂 But I’m definitely a visual person and love Pintrest for that reason.

  4. Wow! I am sold! I’ve been hearing about Pinterest, but have been avoiding signing up for a “new” online tool, but what a great idea.

    (And those learning spaces are amazing!)

  5. I love Pinterest. I use it to bookmark homeschooling ideas and scrapbook layouts and other things that inspire me. I love the visual bookmarking aspect of it – it makes it easy to actually refer back and use the ideas.

    http://pinterest.com/noreimerreason

  6. Pinterest is an amazing tool to get creative ideas from for all of my family. I am addicted to it in the last few months 🙂

  7. I just recently discovered Pinterest but I never thought to use it in this way. Thanks for the tip! I’m off to create a new board or two!

  9. I just created my account over the weekend. Going over there know to create my board.

  10. I just joined pinterest…haven’t actually done anything yet, but the possibilities really seem to be endless. I am looking forward to organizing some of my homeschool links on this…as well as Christmas ideas and food, glorious food. It absolutely will be easier to glance at a pretty picture and remember what that link was for rather than combing through my exhaustive favorites list!

  11. Andrea Gardner says:

    I love Pintrest! I am now following you 😉 I have homeschool boards, green living boards and a board for Sensory Processing Disorder (my son has this).

  12. Thanks for posting about pintrest. I’ve never thought that you could use it for homeschooling in this way. Lots of fun!

  14. I’m new to Pinterest but I’ve found it to be a handy place to keep ideas for curriculum, crafts and homeschool spaces. The ones you have posted above are GORGEOUS!

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  16. I’ve heard of Pinterest, but didn’t know what the fuss is about – now I understand what people use it for! Signing up today!

  17. I’ve never heard of it before, but can’t wait to check it out! Thanks:)

  19. I love your idea!!!

    How can i get into Pinterest? I’ve requested an invite twice and still I’ve gotten nothing…..any help? Thanks

  20. Shannon C says:

    Wow! Those homeschool areas are great–I’d love to have some money to create spaces like those! Homeschooling sure isn’t for the backwoods folks anymore! Yowza! I love pinterest, but like anything on the web, it can cause you to feel bad about yourself and what you are doing at your own home or it can inspire. Of course, inspiration can also add up financially! It is also very addictive. Use with caution or you will rub your bleary eyes and realize that 3 hours have suddenly flown by–not that it’s happened to me…ahem…

  21. If you haven’t been able to get an invite from a friend to pinterest, you can email me at cutiefruity at rocketmail dot com and I’ll be happy to invite you. You’ll be an addict as fast as everyone else here raving about it!

    http://pinterest.com/cutiefruity

  22. Hi there… I love your pinboards totally, I have been so enjoying Pinterest for the last couple of weeks… really why did it take me so long to sign up!!! It is just the most fun place to find inspiration… and just take a break!!! I love how you can find inspiration for so many projects there…

  24. My friend, Carmen,sent me an invitation to Pinterest last week, and now I am hooked! I must admit I have been pinning fashion stuff more than home schooling stuff, it’s just a great escape for me!

  25. I LOVE Pinterest! My “Homeschool Paradise” board was the very first one I set up. I needed a place to keep my visual ideas (since organizing our school space is so visual to me). Pinterest has really helped me identify my own style and things that are beautiful to me. When I get discouraged, I go to Pinterest to get a visual boost. It brings all things beautiful back to me! Check out My Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/barefoottori/

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