twins05 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I'm looking to do some relaxed educational activities this summer and would like to give lapbooking a try. Any suggestions for a fun lapbook project to try with kids ages 5 and 7? BTW, this has been my first year homeschooling and I have truly appreciated all the great ideas, suggestions, and advice I've gleaned from this forum. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2cents Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 (edited) We used to do a lot of lapbooks but the best one we did was a Colonial History Unit Study from Homeschool In The Woods. It was awesome! It is a lot so if you are looking for something smaller, we also did folder lapbooks on things like bats, Cinco de Mayo, books we read, astronomy, elections....etc. You can do them on anything that interests the children. :) Edited April 27, 2010 by 2cents Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyR Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 For that age I like what Homeschool Share offers. Plus its free. www.homeschoolshare.com You can pick a favorite animal they would like to learn more about, or read a good story and make a lapbook out of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newhsmommy Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 I agree with Homeschol Share for free lapbooks. We have ducks and bald eagles in our yard so last year we did those lapbooks. My daughter likes sharks so we did a shark lapbook last month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann@thebeach Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 We're doing this too. I'm afraid I won't get my act together if I do it all from scratch so I bought one of the kits that comes with everything precut from http://www.handsofachild.com I figure if this is a success then I'll be more likely to do more on my own ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommee & Baba Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 We're doing to be using alot of the free resources already mentioned as well and purchasing some packs to help us out. I'm going to start the summer lapbook unit study planning in the next month and I'll be making a list of what the kids want to learn more about. We're a school year round but I take it much easier during the summer months and only really focus on what they are showing a bit of struggles with and then we don't officially start any new grade level materials until the next year is suppose to begin for us which isn't until August. However I want to keep reading, math, history and science in our summer learning so we'll focus on file folder games, lapbooking and projects.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Christian pages General pages Gardening pages These are three of the four sites I have used (really enjoy homeschoolshare.com too). Also, Christianbooks.com is having a sale, there are unit studies for Native Americans, the American Industrial Revolution and a few other things available there. hth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twins05 Posted April 27, 2010 Author Share Posted April 27, 2010 Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'm used to doing all the planning so sometimes I forget to ask them what they might be interested in learning about! Summer would be a good time to do this.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3peasinapod Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 There are some good lapbooks at http://dynamic2moms.webs.com/ We are doing their strawberry lapbook in a couple of weeks before we go strawberry picking! We actually don't do full out lapbooks, but more of a lap n' note type thing. We use a binder with pages in it, including lapbooking components, see-through page holders for worksheet type things, and any coloring pages we do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TracyR Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 You can do one on birds that you see in your backyard. This was a big hit. We actually used posterboard instead of a file folder. We watched and saw what birds we see and we did lots of research and made lots of minibooks,shapebooks etc. We even entered it in the fair under scrapbooking and it won 2nd place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista in Colorado Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 :bigear: These are great resources! Is there a site that can teach this "mom-that's-never-ever-done-a-lapbook" a few how-to tips? Truly, I have no idea where to start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann@thebeach Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 There are some good lapbooks at http://dynamic2moms.webs.com/ We are doing their strawberry lapbook in a couple of weeks before we go strawberry picking! We actually don't do full out lapbooks, but more of a lap n' note type thing. We use a binder with pages in it, including lapbooking components, see-through page holders for worksheet type things, and any coloring pages we do. thanks for the link! great resources there :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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