Posted in Preschool, Lapbooks, Jack, reading on Jul 9th, 2008 No Comments »
Jack chose the letter A to do a lapbook on this week. I have to say it was much easier than usual — no web searches for images or handouts, no intricate cutting and arranging.
We made some letter A’s together, found some stickers of things that started with A, found and drew some other images […]
Posted in Lapbooks, Daily log on Jul 7th, 2008 No Comments »
It had been a while since we had done any lapbooks so I let the kids each pick one subject to do a lapbook on yesterday.
Anna picked diamonds.
Jack picked everything in the universe (again) and finally settled on the letter A.
Victoria picked A.C. Grimes, a confederate mail smuggler, riverboat captain and escape artist who was […]
Posted in Lapbooks, Anna, pictures on Jun 12th, 2008 1 Comment »
Anna’s latest lapbook is about her name, Rhiannon (ree-ANN-on), which she rarely uses but really likes.
(The back story for her name… When we were expecting our first child and discussed names, Daryl voted for Rhiannon because he liked the Fleetwood Mac song by the same name. I proclaimed that […]
Posted in Lapbooks, deep thoughts, Victoria, nature on Jun 6th, 2008 No Comments »
I was thinking today that our type of homeschooling works a bit like a virus!
Two days ago, Daryl took the kids down to a local lake and they saw carp thrashing about. They made such a scene that the kids were delighted and stayed to watch.
When we got home, we had to look up […]
Posted in Lapbooks, Jack, science on Jun 2nd, 2008 3 Comments »
It was Jack’s turn to do a lapbook so I asked him today what he’d like to do next. Since he’s working on a broad theme (”the universe and everything in it”), he’s pretty open to suggestions. He finally decided on giraffes.
I did some net searches and printed out an assortment of cool facts, basic […]
Posted in Lapbooks on Jun 1st, 2008 2 Comments »
Christine left a comment about Anna’s rose lapbook and asked how we did lapbooking here. We don’t do it the way lots of others do (we do very few pre-assembled types of lapbooks) because that just didn’t work as well for us. Here’s our process, if it’s helpful for anybody…
Yep, the kids pick their own […]
Posted in Lapbooks, Anna, nature on May 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
Here’s pics of Anna’s finished lapbook. I think it’s beautiful! We learned a ton too. She taught the family lots about roses and presented it to us this afternoon, too.
Posted in Lapbooks, Anna, deep thoughts on May 31st, 2008 No Comments »
Anna and I are taking a break from her lapbook. She is having an ice cream bar outside and I’m having caffeine upstairs! Daddy took the other kids to the lake to give us some one-on-one time.
The lapbook is turning into a really neat project. We’ve talked lots about everything […]
Posted in Lapbooks, Anna, nature on May 31st, 2008 No Comments »
Anna chose roses for the theme for her new lapbook so I’ve been printing her out information and handouts.
If anybody is looking for neat stuff to include in their own rose lapbooks, here’s some of what we used…
I cut and pasted info from this page and put it in a fancy font to glue various […]
Posted in Lapbooks, cool sites, crafts on May 21st, 2008 No Comments »
This site has lots of nifty templates to use in lapbooks, scrapbooks, crafts, card making and more. There’s templates for everything from library pockets to icicle treat boxes to mug cards. Fun!
I'm a frazzled AP mom to 4 fabulous kids in rural Minnesota. Homeschooling here tends to be child-led and focused on fun. We do lots of crafts, reading and exploring. I'm madly in love with my brilliant, goofy lug of a husband and I don't get nearly enough sleep.