Some of my favorite workbooks can be so expensive to purchase 8 times (or more!) so I have found that an inexpensive option is making them re-usable by laminating them.
I am placing each dismantled sheet in a letter-sized laminating pouch and feeding it to my inexpensive duck laminator (that I purchased from Walmart) and storing them in my file cabinet in a large labeled folder for each dismantled workbook. I found it easy to keep like pages together by running a sharpie around the outside edge of the laminated card to tint it a bit. That way red cards go back with the red cards. When I get really good, I will color coordinate the folder to match the cards. I am just not THAT good…yet 
I place a few of these double-sided laminated cards out on the school shelves (separated by subject) in a magazine holder for use and replace when needed. I am still deciding what kind of marker to use for this…right now it is a marker that I keep in a little holder attached to the magazine holder and a colorful rag to wipe it off with that is pinked from a beautiful piece of remnant fabric.
This does save me a ton of visual space on the school shelves, looks neat, and you can find what you need at a glance. …that, and if my soon to be highly mobile toddler knocks it off the shelf, it is somewhat durable and I don’t have that much to pick up!
I’m catching up tonight, Donna Marie…and loving that you are posting again!!!
I love it when you start whirling through the learning spaces…I’m taking notes!!!
This **IS** an excellent idea for making consumables into non-consumables! Hmmmm…I’ll have to think of how I can put this to work in our spaces…my wheels are turning…
I am glad I can inspire YOU for a change, Jen!
I just want to be clear that we don’t laminate EVERY workbook..that would be NUTS! But I do choose carefully for the things that we really would like to use over and over and also some drill sheets and such…
Just one thought came to mind about the worksheets. If there was enough room you could use a 3-hole punch and then place them in a binder after laminating them.
A second option could be to just have one hole in the top corner and then place one of those loose leaf book rings through to keep them all together.
Thank you so much, Rebecca!
I do the same but I put them in page protectors!
hmmm….I was afraid I would mess the pages up if I did it this way….maybe if I loaded them in the page protector for the week and changed them on the weekend?? (otherwise I would need stock in the page protector company…I did have a lot of laminate just laying around..but that is mostly gone now) I am just thriftily thinking out loud..and trying to save my nickels and diamonds
as my little girl once said!