brasilmom Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Greetings, I truly, truly want to try and make some lapbook with my 5yo. However, I am so totally at loss as to where to start and how to go about it that I am always putting it off. We just finished reading Charlotte's Web and since dd loved the book I figure we may be able to make a lapbook or an unit study. However, the only sources I have been referred to so far are all paid. Something free would be nice. I have tried a mamal lap book with my dd, but she was not all that interested in it. Now, I fear that I am not using it to the potential, as I myself have never used it at all. Can anyone here educate me more on the lapbook idea? I mean, I am starting from point zero. I know nothing about it. Anyone??? Thanks. Be well Miriam P.s. I also posted this on the general forum, as I was not sure which one would be best for this questions. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue G in PA Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I found a terrific unit study on Charlottes Web but I cannot remember if it was free or if I paid. It was probably one of those freebies on CurrClick that they give away each week or perhaps an Easter Egg Hunt freebie. I think it was called Within The Web. Let me look for it and I can let you know. If it was a freebie, I would be happy to email you the file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 hands of a child has a lapbook about charlotte web Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue G in PA Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Okay, it was put out by Fortunately for You publishing. I can't tell if I got it as a freebie or not but I am "guessing" that I did b/c I wouldn't have paid for it b/c we never did Charlottes Web as a unit study before! Make sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brasilmom Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 Thank you for the replies and ideas. I sure would love to have the file or any information you can share. I am not very crafty and have no idea how to work with those lap books. Although I do find them a great idea. Thanks again. Be well Miriam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 There are a few free print out pages here and some pictures of what another mom has come up with on her own here. Here's another site that may give you some good ideas. CurrClick offers one, but it's not free. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plain jane Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I wanted to add that there's also a ton of free resources for Charlotte's Web o the internet and while they're not specifically for lapbooks you can likely convert them to fit in a lapbook but cutting them or being creative with how your child uses them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brasilmom Posted February 25, 2011 Author Share Posted February 25, 2011 Thank you for all the replies, links, and ideas. I am going to work on putting something together so we can expand a bit on our reading. Now, those of you doing lap books all the time, can you give me a lesson on how to integrate that in your "classroom"? Pardon my total ignorance on it. I want to make this a great experience to my dd so we can work more on things like that in the future. However, this is completely new to me and I do not know how to incorporate, present, and make a lesson out of it. Thanks again. Be well Miriam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapmom3 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Now, those of you doing lap books all the time, can you give me a lesson on how to integrate that in your "classroom"? We do the pieces of the lapbook as review after we have read and discussed the information or completed the experiment. For example, we recently did a lapbook on Groundhog Day. Some examples of the pieces/minibooks we did are: the child wrote or dictated the definition of Groundhog Day, why do we have Groundhog day, where does a groundhog live, what does it eat, etc. We also tied this in with signs of spring. Depending on the topic, we will a couple of pieces each day or all at once if it's a short topic. On the last day of the unit we paste all the pieces into our folder or notebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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