Lapbooking

Lapbooking

I have been going back and forth with homeschooling since last year and have been doing a lot of research on which approach would be best to start with.  One item I kept coming across was lapbooks, http://www.rosettastone.com/homeschool/articles/what-is-lapbooking .  At first I wasn't sure about these but the more I researched the more I came to like them.  We are currently "playing" around with three different lapbooks.  Two are Olympic themed and one is a multiplication reference.  Lawrence really likes the idea.  He is having fun while learning Olympic facts.  He likes all the foldables they have, its like a surprise behind each fact.  They have gotten him talking about what he is learning which is something he rarely does when he gets home from school.  I think because we slow down the process and spend time putting together the book this is staying with him, sticking in his brain.  We have not completely built our own lapbook, we have been working off templates that I have come across.  Once I get this under my belt, we should be able to make and design our own based on the subject we are trying to tackle.  They also make a great resource to go back to.  With the Olympic ones we are researching sports, athletes, Russia and how the Olympics got it's start.  I am building on his interests and he gets to do it at his pace.  Learning should be fun and he is really having fun putting these together.

These are our three lapbooks

This is the multiplication lapbook.  We found the layout for this one here:  http://theresasmultiplication.weebly.com/multiplication-lapbook.html

What is nice about this one was it was a free template. 

This is one of the Olympics lapbooks.  I found the layout here:  http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Winter-Games-Lapbook-Sochi-2014-1037760

This one is designed by a teacher and the layout I had to purchase but it was perfect for starting out with these ideas. 

This is our other Olympic lapbook.  I found the layout here:  http://www.ajourneythroughlearning.net/wiol20lawist1.html

This lapbook goes into more details about the Olympic games.