It really helps my youngest to have all her supplies for each activity in one bundle. It means we need to have some duplicates, such as multiple pencil bags, but it also means that music books can’t be placed in a backpack away from the coronet case, and have any hope of being remembered. To keep the book safely with the other music, I added small loops to the fold of the single signature. I opened the book to the center, marked spots for a three-ring binder, and used an awl to poke holes.

I then used some 20 gauge copper wire to thread through the holes from the inside out, make a small loop, then go back into the book, repeated for all three holes. I curled the ends of the wire over the top and bottom of the fold, just to keep them out of the way.

The wire holds well!