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So you've heard about lapbooking and seen pictures of other people's finished lapbooks all over homeschooling blogs. You're intrigued and want to make a lapbook with your own children. But where to start? How can you transform that plain, boring manilla file folder into a beautiful record of your children's learning? This page will get you started, step by step.

Since you're just starting, you probably have lots of ideas of topics to lapbook! Which topics are most appealing to you (and your children, of course)?
Vote on each photo
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This step is SO easy because you were already going to do this, right? Just go about your normal homeschool routine.
Pull out the blank books you made in step one. Let your children choose what type of book they want to use for today's topic. Then make the book! Write text, add drawn pictures, glue in images printed from the internet or cut from magazines.
Once you've finished studying your particular topic, gather all the mini-books you've made.
Rainforest Lapbook
The tropical rainforest is a fascinating topic for a homeschool unit study! Just the botany and zoology alone could take months to cover. But there are also the history of the rainforest, the indigenous peoples of the rainforest, and the economy of...
Space Lapbook
Take advantage of children's natural fascination with outer space and space travel with this science unit study! What child doesn't like to pretend he's an astronaut, flying a spaceship to a distant planet or yet to be discovered galaxy? Channe...
Penguin Lapbook
The penguin makes a great unit study and topic for a lapbook. There is the biology involved in the study of the animal itself. You can also add the earth science and geography of the penguin's habitat. Then there are great living books about pe...
Classical Music Lapbook
Music is one of those topics that we homeschool moms know we should teach our children. But whether it's because of our own lack of knowledge, a tight homeschool budget, or just a crowded schedule, music study often gets pushed to the back burner. Th...
Lapbooking can be done by any learner-- from preschoolers to adults. With this educational method, you make mini-books covering details that you've studied. After making a variety of mini-books about a larger topic, all the books are put together in...
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Feel free to contact me (see link at top right of page) with specific questions.
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What a great intro to lapbooking! You have given me the courage to actually try it.
Posted May 12, 2008
Thank you for the great insight on the "how to's" of lapbooking. I just discovered them and love the idea. Just wasn't sure how to get to the final product. This was very helpful and I intend to keep it as a reference tool in the future.
Posted May 08, 2008
This was a great post. Thanks for helping me to understand lapbooks.
Posted April 03, 2008
I just started my first lapbook with my three year old daughter today after watching some homeschool lapbook videos and reading sites like these for the last week. We had a great time! My daughter can't wait to do more. Thanks for making getting started so easy!
Posted February 02, 2008
Thank you for your site. I'm new to lapbooking and this really helps. This is my first year homeschooling. Can you direct me or have suggestions for using lapbook themes as curriculum for ADHD child in third grade? I'd like to get away from "school at home" routine. We're bored with it. THANKS!
Posted December 20, 2007
Thank you! This is a great help and I can't wait to start tomorrow. We can't afford to purchase our next set of books so I am trying to make use of several different sources-all the while wondering how to pull it all together. BINGO! The kids are going to love this.
Posted December 16, 2007
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Susan52
Very nice resources, very helpful. Our boys have already graduated - we homeschooled all the way through. I'll make lapbooks for my future grandchildren - can't wait! Posted November 10, 2007 |
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