Loving Life Lapbooks

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Volcano Lapbook

Tom has started a volcano lapbook. We are using some booklets from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/ and making our own.
He is still working on Wars of the Roses.
It's nice homeschooling because you can take a break from one thing and do another without worrying about being graded!!

BOOKS

Volcanoes by Neil Morris

Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Dr. Eldridge M. Moores

VOLCANO VIDEOS

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/videogallery/videogallery.html

http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/environment-natural-disasters/volcanoes/volcano-eruptions.html

VOLCANO CLIPART

http://www.best-of-web.com/search_term_pages/erupting_volcano.html

http://www.free-clipart-pictures.net/mountain_clipart.html

VOLCANO INFORMATION ON THE WEB

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197833.html

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/pompeii/pompeii.html

http://www.livescience.com/environment/volcano_overview.html

Friday, March 6, 2009

AZTEC LAPBOOK FINISHED!

TOM DID ALOT OF WORK FOR THIS LAPBOOK. WE COULD KEEP ON GOING BUT I THINK WE WON'T. WE CAN ADD MORE AT ANOTHER TIME. THERE IS SO MUCH TO LEARN ABOUT THE AZTECS.

ABOVE, THE CLOTHING BOOKLET OPENS "THE OTHER WAY"; IT'S FLIPPED THE WRONG WAY. ;0)

BOOKS WE USED:

1. HOW TO BE AN AZTEC WARRIOR BY FIONA MACDONALD

2. YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO BE AN AZTEC SACRIFICE BY FIONA MACDONALD

3. CLOTHES AND CRAFTS IN AZTEC TIMES BY IMOGENE DAWSON

4. MONTEZUMA AND THE FALL OF THE AZTECS BY ERIC A. KIMMEL

5. THE AZTECS BY ROBERT NICHOLSON

6. THE AZTEC EMPIRE BY SHEILA WYBORNY

7. THE AZTECS BY DONNA SHEPHERD

8. EXPLORING THE WORLD OF THE AZTECS BY ELAINE LANDAU

9. THE AZTEC INDIANS BY VICTORIA SHERROW

10. THE CRAFTS AND CULTURES OF THE AZTECS BY JOANN JOVINELLY

IN ONE OF THESE BOOKS, I THINK IT WAS 'CLOTHES AND CRAFTS', SHOWS YOU HOW TO MAKE A JAGUAR MASK. WE WILL BE DOING THIS SOON.

THE REPORT PAGES ARE FROM www.holdthatthought.com I have many of the cd's.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Aztecs and Wars of the Roses

We have taken a short break away from the Aztec lapbook. We are working on the Wars of the Roses which will be very short. Afterwards, we will finish the Aztecs. It was just taking so long that it was getting boring. I will post the Wars of the Roses when finished.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

Hinge on the back of USA "Lapbook"

The folders are overlapped maybe an inch. I trimmed the upper part of the overlap and glued the lower part.

Look at the other pictures below and you'll be able to see where the folds are.

I Hope you can understand this.

~smile~

Friday, February 13, 2009

United States "Lapbook"

Katie and Ana have started a United States "Lapbook"

It doesn't have booklets but opens up to a big U.S.A.

I used two regular sized file folders.

They are coloring in the states and will be adding the names.

On the parts of the file folder that do not have anything on them, I am thinking of having the girls put the state flags on and also the state abbreviations.

I will add 3 tabs on the outside so they can be put into a binder.

I was very surprised at how excited the girls were to do this.

Update 3/20/09: We are almost done. I have to make another flap for the girls and then they can glue their booklets on. Oh, we also have to get the names of the states printed out and glued on. They are doing a great job!

The booklets are from: www.enchantedlearning.com you can get a membership for $20.00 a year...I find it is worth it. I've been using this site since Becca started homeschool in 2002. (It was free then!)

Saturday, January 3, 2009

AZTEC LAPBOOK

Tom has decided he wants to do an Aztec Lapbook. I'm a little disappointed because I thought he wanted to do Henry VIII (actually I really did!). We can do that later. It should be a few weeks until we are done. I will now be starting on some booklets.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

We are putting together the Black Death Lapbook tonight or tomorrow. Hurray! Tom did a good job. He doesn't like to write but lapbooking seems to help.