We have found that journaling doesn't seem to work for us.
We set up spiral notebooks for each child, color coordinated for each class, with the shepherd responsible for the journaling time. Problem is, we have 45 minute workshops and by the time the workshop is over, there is little or no time for journaling. We have tried offering ideas for journaling, allowing younger children to draw rather than write...Only rarely do we get some quality response from the children.