Yesterday Elijah saw his Alice in Wonderland stickers and announced that he really wanted to do an Alice in Wonderland Lapbook (we read the book a few months ago). I gave him my reference lapbook and told him to tell me what he wanted. He decided on a few things, and we went to work. I didn’t know he would want to complete the entire lapbok in TWO DAYS.
He was stubborn about some of the types of minit books he wanted. I couldn’t believe it. I suggested a wheel for the Caucus Race, but he was determined that it should be a pop-up, and that I needed to copy the image from the book we read for the pop-up. He wanted another pop-up for the pig, a layer for the drink/cake, and a wheel for the Queen of Hearts so he could list "all kinds of things about her." He also wanted to include the Father William poem. I finally stopped suggesting things until he was stumped…then I did help out a bit with the endless decisions.
I can’t say that my son learned anything new while completing this project. That’s hard for me to think about. I don’t think this fits with any of the standards of learning lists I’ve seen. BUT…creative thinking, creative expression, and learning to love a story and wanting to share that with others…well, those things rank pretty high on my list.
Pig Pop-up
Mushroom Shutterfold
Mad and Mad Split Matchbook
explains that mad means crazy and angry
Eat/Drink Layer (from when Alice first arrives in Wonderland)
Eat/Drink Flap
Father William Poem
White Rabbit’s Fan
Getting to Wonderland (Elijah INSISTED that we make her fall somehow – insert crazy face)
Tea Party
Caucus Race Pop-up
Queen of Hearts Wheel
Favorite Characters Shutterfold
Back of Lapbook (Elijah also colored the caterpillar and added it)
Resources we used
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Mini-books (not all are in the file)
Alice in Wonderland Sticker Activity Book (Dover Little Activity Books)
Alice in Wonderland Stained Glass Coloring Book (Dover Little Activity Books)
I don’t know if you’ll see this comment because it’s from an older post. But if you do please know how wonderful I think this lapbook is, even if it doesn’t fall into the guidelines of units to study. Any time a child/or adult falls in love with a story and wants to share it is great, for him to be so insistent on how things were in his lapbook shows that he’s got a solid foundation for a lifetime of loving reading and he’s off to a great start. Alice in Wonderland is one of my all time favorite books, I have a few antique copies of the original Through the Looking Glass and the more modern Disney versions as well. My Grandmother was named Alice, she had 6 children and spent so much time doing laundry for her family that she got the nickname “Alice in Laundry Land” she was an amazing person, a great mother and a wonderful Grandmother. She passed away of cancer in December 2007 but will never leave us fully. To this day I have grand plans for our laundry room once we have a bigger one in a bigger house, I plan on painting the whole room in an Alice theme and know that will make doing laundry a little less “boring.” You’re doing a great job with your boys and I’m gathering so many ideas for my daughters homeschooling preschool this year.
Good morning,
I just wanted to thank you for freely sharing your wonderful resources. Our family will be making many wonderful lapbooks this school year because of your generosity.
Many blessings,
Carla
(mom to 7 beautiful children)