This was something Elijah asked for last fall, and we put it together then. It is very simple, but one of his favorite lapbooks to pull out and play with; he LOVES to set up candy shop and have me visit his store! This is a part-whole circle set similar to what is used in […]
Roxaboxen Day 4- Notebook Complete!
Pages 1-2 Design Roxaboxen (from FIAR Fold N Learn) Lizard Poem (from a children’s poetry book we have) and Lizard drawing (drawing from Draw Write Now) Pages 3-4 Mini books from Day 3 Pages 5-6 Page 5 mini books were done on Tuesday Page 6 mini books were done today Page 5 close-up Jewel Shutter from […]
Roxaboxen Day 3
Today we had a geography lesson (deserts and the Southwest U.S.) and a social studies lesson about good leaders/followers (using Moses and the Israelites as examples). We also talked about our Roxaboxen town from Monday and laws (including God’s Law). I purchased the FIAR Roxaboxen Fold N Learn, and we used various pieces from that […]
Rainforest
Well, once again, plans thwarted by real life. I spent two weeks (about 8 hours/day) working on the house to get some ongoing (think seven years) projects we’ve had undone DONE. School got pushed to the side during these two weeks which completely interrupted our rain forest study. We had two weeks in, then two […]
Are You My Mother? Little Lapbook
Simon has just fallen in love with the book, Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman. So, we worked on a chunky board book for him today. I almost have the files ready for sharing. First two pages- Simon loves calling out the different animal sounds from the animals in the story. Second two […]
Africa Finished!
Well, I intended to post three parts…one for each week. But…week two we were both sick and didn’t get much done other than math and reading books! So, here is Elijah’s finished project. Some of the pictures have been seen before, but I like having them all in one spot! The final picture (the Masai writing) […]
Simon’s Finished Spider Book
We kept reading The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani (Simon’s request), so I decided to make him a "lapbook" but it turned into a pocketbook. So, this is Simon’s Itsy Bitsy Spider Pocketbook. I hope to post an entry with detailed how-to construct a pocketbook instructions tomorrow. I will also include links and things […]
This Little Mini Book is CUTE!
We are working on an Itsy Bitsy Spider Lapbook for Simon, and this accordion pocket is helping with some hard to learn color names (black, gray, white, and brown). Book Closed Book Opened Book with spider color cards peeking out Better view of the cards Thanks to Jimmie who pointed me in the direction of this […]
Next Stop: Africa
Here is what Elijah started today! Resources we plan on using Evan Moor Theme Pockets – September (has a pocket devoted to Africa; all the above items are from this) Masai and I Unit Study My Rows and Piles of Coins Unit Study Cheetah Lapbook Zebra Lapbook Ostrich Lapbook Draw Write Now I found some fun […]
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Lapbook
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. […]
My Father’s Dragon Lapbook
A perfect book for my son; it’s about a boy who ventures into a dangerous jungle filled with wild animals to rescue a dragon! First view of lapbook open. Two folders glued side by side. The first folder (on the left) has another folder glued in the middle that opens up. First Folder We didn’t […]
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 […]
Lapbook Q&A
I received a question about my blog last night via email; I thought I would answer it publicly since others may be wondering the same thing– Hi, I just stumbled across your site while researching lap books for use with my children. Wow! You have helped your son create some incredible lap books and learning memories. […]
Two Weeks with Miss Hickory
We tried our first ever chapter book unit study using Miss Hickory as our base. We read two chapters each day and really just focused on the woodland animals in the story. I printed off lots of things that we didn’t use, but that’s okay (I keep telling myself this at least). It’s better to […]
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 […]
Weather Words Lapbook
This week Elijah got to choose what we learned about. His choice? Weather! For the extention, we cut the right side off a file folder and paste the entire thing in to the lapbook. It opens on the right side. The printables are found here. Some of the answers Elijah wrote in, others he dictated […]
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 […]
Backyard Bird Lap/Notebook
As we rowed Albert, Elijah completed a backyard bird notebook. We still have one more bird to add, but I thought I would go ahead and post pictures! 🙂 COVER PAGE CARDINAL ROBIN BLUE JAY MOURNING DOVE GOLDFINCH General Bird Information Page Many of the printables for this lap ~n~ notebook came from Homeschool Share. Albert Resoure […]
Space Lapbook (from July)
And, our little astronaut has been writing stories about Zerg, Spike, and Ziggit…and what life is like for these guys (two heroes and one villian) in space… Websites and Lapbook Finds Homeschool Share’s Space Lapbook Jimmie’s Space Lapbook Squidoo Lens Evan Moor’s Giant Science Resource Book Books by Gail Gibbons ~Galaxies, Galaxies ~The Planets […]