Learning with Lapbooks

We have been working on lapbooks the last few weeks. A site called homeschool share has a lot of free graphics, printouts and ideas for lapbooking and has been a valuable tool. They also have a large variety of unit studies. We have done a lot of different studies in the past but have not taken time to create lapbooks. These are fun to create.

Each of my girls do their own research and then I help them compile it into a lapbook. Then the lapbook is presented to everyone else and stored in a filing system where it is readily available to be read again and again. Right now their lapbook topics are the weather, eagles, turtles and my youngest is working on the book “The Snowy Day” by Ezra Jack Keats.

Tori's Turtle Lapbook

 

Her folder became so full we added an additional flap to hold it all.

  

The Completed Turtle Lapbook turned out great!

I enjoy projects that can be used over and over again. The girls will get a lot of use out of their lapbooks and it really helps increase their comprehension.  We hope you are having a great school week as well.

Pennysue