Month: July 2008

We needed a fun way to really get the multiplication facts down pat without having to do repetitive drills, so we decided to go with a lapbook as Munchkin enjoys them. I found a fun one at Hands of a Child, and made some additions to make it work a little better for us. She’s slowly working through this lapbook by doing a few activities each day. I made some bread sticks that contained multiplication facts. I also did some blank ones for Munchkin to make up some of her own problems. I also made up some times table charts…

We took a short break from our regular studies to do a mini study on animal life cycles. Once again, we used a lapbook from Hands of a Child. For the cover, we collected images from the internet and then put a verse at the bottom. Munchkin decided that she wanted to add more life cycle booklets to the lapbook, so we made up more booklets. The lapbook comes with a booklet for observing the frog life cycle. Munchkin’s least favorite part of this lapbook was the mini book on decomposition. She says that part is just gross!