Lapbooking ideas and an update on what we have done so far this semester

As noted in a previous post-we were working on a lapbook about baseball. It turned out really nice (in our opinion) and has become one of our favorite lapbooks so far.

I have the pictures on my Lapbooks and Scrapbooks

 blog for you to see.

We have also completed a VeggieTale Lapbook 

that I did for a review. You can see that post here.

The boy has requested a lapbook on Wilbur and Orville Wright-so I guess I will use the next few weeks to do some research and pull together a mini-study. And with my initial search, I am not finding much in the way of them (lapbook form) so I may be pulling this all together by myself.  

For those who are new to homeschooling, bored with the usual routine or looking for another way to teach-the lapbook technique is an awesome way to get hands-on activities into a lesson, and provide excellent recall material for the student.  Check out my blog on lapbooking, as well as visiting Jimmie's Lenses on Squidoo pages for more info.  Homeschool Share offers tons of free lapbook downloads to use and this has been a blessing to the lapbooking community. Googling lapbooks will yield a ton of links to jump start your lapbooking career too.

Oh, and one more thing-lapbooks take days to complete-not A day.  Do not attempt to do an entire lapbook in one sitting.  I usually pre-print all the mini-booklets I want to cover, cut them out and put them into a Ziplock bag to await their usage.  I then put the completed booklets into another baggie so they are safe from mishaps until we assemble it into a lapbook folder.  Usually, we only work on the lapbook components 2 to 3 times per week for less than 30 mins a sitting (usually more like 15 mins.) to avoid exhaustion and disinterest on the student's part.  And we only strive to do about 2 to maybe 3 lapbooks per semester so as not to O.D. on them.