Preschoolers love stickers. It's even more fun when they get to help make their own and put them in a Preschool Activity Bag for lots of creative sticker play. Homemade Stickers Preschool Busy Bag Instructions: 1. Download the Homemade Stickers File. 2. Follow the instructions for making the homemade stickers. 3. Add some crayons and paper to […]
N for Nap
If you are new to Read to Me & ABC, please start here. Read to Me Our main book of the week was The Napping House by Audrey and Don Wood. Alphabet Art- Newspaper N Supplies N Pattern (I used the large capital N) glue paintbrush newspaper cut into squares; you could even cut N's or N shapes […]
A for Apple
If you are new to Read to Me & ABC, please start here. Read to Me Our main book of the week was The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall. Alphabet Art- Apple A Supplies A Pattern (I used the large capital A) glue red pompoms (I wanted smaller ones, but I had to go with what I had […]
E for Egg
If you are new to Read to Me & ABC, please start here. Read to Me Our main book of the week wasn't a book– it was a nursery rhyme, Humpty Dumpty. We also read lots of other nursery rhymes from the Random House book, but Humpty Dumpty had the spotlight. Alphabet Art- Eggshell E Supplies E Pattern (I used […]
Z for Zoo
If you are new to Read to Me & ABC, please start here. Read to Me Our main book for the week was Goodnight Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann. Alphabet Art- Zebra Z Supplies Z Pattern (large capital Z) electrical tape two large googly eyes glue scissors I cut strips of electrical tape and Simon smacked them down on the Z. He […]
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Desert Animals Lapbook in our Notebook
We started our desert studies wth a one week study with Roxaboxen (from Five in a Row Volume IV). Last week we took some time to learn more about desert animals (North American). Here is the cover page Elijah made. I threw everything he might possibly want in one of his workboxes and let him go. […]
Australia Lapbook
Elijah has been a diligent worker the past two weeks, and I am super-duper proud (and a wee bit worn out). Big smile! Elijah chose the notebook size; I told him the larger the notebook, the harder he would have to work. He went for the ginormous one! I get these spiral bound books from […]
Leah’s Pony Lapbook/Notebook
What a great story. What a great, great story. I don’t care how old you are or whether or not you homeschool, you need to go to the library and check out Leah’s Pony and read it. It’s just fabulous! Dust Bowl Map Right: Great Depression/Dust Bowl Shutterbook Left: Character Studies- Kindness Split Matchbook, Sacrifice […]
Co-op Auction for Leah’s Pony
Last week we read Leah’s Pony and learned about plants, The Great Depression, The Dust Bowl, kindness, sacrifice, grasshoppers, and more! We had a great start to our week at co-op! After the story reading, we had an auction with a real auctioneer. Each child brought something to auction off and each child won an […]
Happy Fall Y’all! ;)
This week we did a unit study with the book, When the Frost is on the Punkin. We also read parts of Crinkleroot’s Nature Almanac (Arnosky), Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf (Ehlert), Leaf Man (Ehlert), and Why Do Leaves Change Color? (Maestro). We didn’t do a lapbook; we stuffed everything in the pockets of a folder […]
A Good Apple and a Bad Apple
Really, this is one of those end-of-weeks where I’m going, "WHEW!" I feel like we’ve covered a lot of ground in this notebook (we hole punched cardstock and put it in a binder instead of using the tradtional file folder). This kid keeps me hoppin’, that’s for sure. He is SUPER proud of this notebook […]
Legend of Lightning Larry
Calling all you cowboys and cowgirls! Who says school can’t be fun?! 🙂 We started our week off at co-op with a Legend of Lightning Larry play and some lemonade tasting! Here is our finished lapbook: This is a double lapbook (two file folders glued together). This is the first folder. Inside the Books I […]
Stellaluna Lapbook
What do I know? Our camera was only mostly dead. So, we took it to Miracle Max, gave it a chocolate coated pill, and poof- it’s back among the land of the living (mostly living that is). It isn’t doing great, but it’s better than no camera at all. The poor mostly alive camera was […]
Meerkat Lapbook
Elijah has been asking to learn more about Meerkats for a long time! We read Meerkat Mail (very cute!), another book about Meerkats, and now we are reading Rikki Tikki Tavi to learn more about mongooses. To see an up close and personal look at the window book, check out this post. A […]
Dinosaur Lapbook
This really was a great unit for us. We were able to discuss creation, the fall of man, the effects of sin, and the flood while learning about dinosaurs at the same time! Cover Page (thanks Marie for the photo!) This lapbook is two file folders glued side by side. Here is the first folder: Here […]
Valentine Bears Lapbook
We weren’t sure what to do with the cover. We weren’t sure what to do with all his valentines…so we pasted the valentines to the cover of the lapbook! We added more to the backside. Inside of the book ~ Elijah did a handwriting book of Valentine words. We learned about the Lifecycle of the […]
The Three Bears, The Three Snow Bears, & The Three Panda Bears
We spent last week with a new twist on an old favorite. We read Jan Brett’s Three Snow Bears and coupled it with some regular old Three Bears activities. Front Cover (idea from Evan Moor Literature Pockets ~ Fairy Tales) Back Cover (Elijah drew this as he watched Jan Brett’s video! I was so proud of […]
Calling all you Buccaneers!
Front Cover This lapbook is two legal sized file folders glued back to back. Inside the front. Left- Roger the Jolly Pirate Plot Wheel, Pirate Gear Labeling Activity Middle- Game with pieces stored in mini envelope (above). The game board pulls down to revel a hidden treasure map (which is not pictured). Right- What is […]
Giant Panda Lapbook!
Elijah and I learned all about Giant Pandas last week. We glued two file folders together (I had a picture, but Photobucket won't shrink it right! ARG!)– Here he is holding his accordion book out. Isn't that fun?! Inside of the family names book Inside of the panda diet book I would post more pictures, […]