Category: Homeschooling

Alternative Lapbook Methods In the first part of Lapbooking Made Easy, I talked about the basics of lapbooking. In the second part, I went over some different way to organize lapbooks. In this third and final installment of Lapbooking Made Easy, I’ll be showing some alternative lapbook methods. As I said previously, lapbooks are traditionally made using file folders as the base, but some people found that they wanted a less bulky way of lapbooking. Enter in a couple of alternatives to lapbooking…. Blank Spiral-bound Books Whether you make your own spiral-bound cardstock books or you purchase them from a place…

On Tuesday, I went over some of the basics of lapbooking in part 1 of Lapbooking Made Easy. Today, I’m going to cover the organizational aspects of lapbooking. What about all of those mini-books? Two of the common questions when it comes to the mini-books deal with cutting out the mini-books and storing the mini-books, so I thought I’d address those two things first before moving into the storage of the lapbooks themselves. Once you start lapbooking, you are probably going to realize that there is a good deal of cutting involved when it comes to the mini-books, and you…

What is lapbooking? I like to think of lapbooking as a learning and review tool all wrapped up in one nice little package. You don’t need a lot of expensive supplies and anyone from toddlers to adults can make them. Mini-books are used to contain tid-bits of knowledge that students learn during their studies. Lapbooks can also be used to create mini-desks or study tools for students of all ages. Once completed, the lapbooks serve as reminders on what the student has studied/learned during the school year. When my daughter was younger, she enjoyed pulling out her completed lapbooks to…