Tag Archives: lapbooking

Our Failed Lapbook

I wrote quite some time ago about how I would include you all in our process of creating lapbooks for our co-op science class. Then our co-op changed gears a little due to a variety of reasons, and I stopped lapbooking with them. Then I started to study the Arctic circle with my children. We decided to lapbook it. I had visions of beautifully scrapbooked blue, and silvery lined pages teeming with information. Ahem. . .we are finished with studying the Arctic circle. . .and there is no lapbook. Yep, our lapbook project failed. At first, I didn’t really see … Continue reading →

Homeschool Curriculum Glossary Index

After spending the better portion of two months making a homeschool curriculum glossary, I thought an index page was in order. Click on the curriculum you are interested in and you will be taken to the page that contains the description for it. 10 Days of Multiplication A Basic History of the United States A Beka A Child’s History of the World A Child’s Story of America A Reason for Handwriting A Reason for Science A Reason for Spelling About Three Preschool Workbooks Accelerated Achievement Accelerated Christian Education Activity Math Add em Up Alpha Omega Lifepacs AmblesideOnline American Girl Books … Continue reading →

Lapbooking: The Newest Craze

If you have been in homeschooling circles for any length of time, then you are probably familiar with the term, “Lapbooking”. If not, now that you have heard the term, you will more than likely hear it again. Lapbooking is a wonderful learning activity that combines some of the methods of Dinah Zike with homeschooling, making learning easy, fun, and useful. A Lapbook is made by taking a Manila Folder and opening it flat. Then you take both sides of the folder and fold them inwards until they meet in the middle. You then fill the Lapbook with all sorts … Continue reading →