Booklet Printing on a Mac!

So if you do RC curriculum at all you'll be printing some books and you need to do that in booklet mode...have you ever tried to booklet print on a mac?  Not simple.  Unfortunately this is the one thing that Windows does better but fear not!  There is a way to make it super simple on a Mac.  It essentially comes down to using a program that is accessed through pdf and having a duplex printer (a printer that can print on both sides.)


1. Download Create Booklet - This is a PDF service which can be accessed from the Print menu. Click the PDF button and choose Create Booklet from menu.

2.  Next you'll need to split up your document like I talked about in this post.  

The result booklet will be opened with Preview. You have to choose Print one more time to really print the booklet onto paper.

3.  When you tell it to print you need to choose double sided (duplex)  and then change the layout to short side.

Now go print out all those FREE books you've always wanted!

Sonlight Printable BookList With Descriptions

So I don't know about you but the new catalog for Sonlight left me a little bereft. I think a great majority of us use it to read all the fabulous descriptions of the books for each core. Well this year they took that part out and for the life of me I couldn't figure out how to find it online....until today. So here's the instructions to get a printable booklist with descriptions like you use to get in the catalog.

1. Go to the grade you would like
2. Pick the tab for Core Program (not multi subject or instructor's guide)
3. Pick the core you would like with the readers you would like with the dot
4. Pick included items tab
5. click booklist with description on the right hand side on the top

For me this seems like a lot to do to just get the booklist. I for one will definitely be missing my rendezvous with my Sonlight catalog in my bathtub filled with bubbles after the kids are asleep but this will have to do for now.

History Living Book List

Here's a list for living books a la Charlotte Mason

Living History Books