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Posted: April 09 2010 at 2:11pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
Here's my problem/hang-up: I don't know which books are which because the spiral bindings all look the same.

I know you can't put labels, but has anyone tried a way to differentiate their spiral bound books?

I was thinking of hanging little dog tags or something! But perhaps someone has been clever and I don't need to start from scratch?

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I'm watching - right now I just put them all together on a shelf and dig to find the one I need.
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Posted: April 09 2010 at 2:15pm | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom
Couldn't you print a label on your labelmaker and make a "tag"? You could either just peel off enough stick to loop around a wire onto itself or find some way to tie a tag on with something like a rubber band which would let you pull the tag out of the way when you want to open the book all the way back onto itself. So, you could loop a rubber band around a spiral loop, pull it through itself, and then use the blank part of the label to loop around the rubber band and stick back to itself.

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Posted: April 10 2010 at 8:11am | IP Logged Quote KristinTX
I've done the dog tag method! I bought a package of Avery Key Tags at the office supply store. Mine came with 4 different colored round tags that you can write on and a split ring to attach to the spiral binding. It's not perfect but it's easier than pulling them all out!

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Posted: April 10 2010 at 8:31am | IP Logged Quote Patty
If you don't want to tag them all separately, you could make boxes, like magazine holders. You can buy them or make them from cereal boxes that you cover with contact paper. I suppose fabric would work as well. Then you could keep like books together...math, or religion, or whatever. Or, you could separate them by child if that makes it easier. I used to have a holder like that for each child's workbooks.
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Posted: April 10 2010 at 1:11pm | IP Logged Quote JennGM
Great ideas, all! I was thinking using my labelmaker, but color coded would be better, so Kristin, that's a great idea.

Most of my spiral bound are my own books on my shelf for home education, but I like your idea, Patty, when I am sorting the boys' books.

Thanks.

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we have a combo of boxes and a colored bead and a twist tie at the top of the spiral
frankly though i have to paw through piles
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