Homeschool Talk: Lapbooks

I had heard many homeschoolers talk about lapbooks, but I had never done one. They seemed neat, but I wasn't quite sure how to put them together. Well, I just attended a class on how to do them. Thanks to my friend Lynda
(The Adventures of A Princess and The Bear) for setting it up! My daughter did the child's class and I did the adult one. Now I'm hooked! She is a very visual learner and likes the coloring, cutting, and gluing involved. Lapbooks fit with her learning style perfectly!

In the child's class she made a Johnny Appleseed lapbook. It is a 2 folder one, most of them are 3 folder. She told me when we got home that she wanted to take another class! She had a lot of fun with it so we will definately be incorporating these into her curriculum.

Claire's Johnny Appleseed Lapbook

In the adult class I made an Autumn one. It is not complete. Claire will complete it this month. Her literature unit for this month is Cinderella so the autumn/pumpkin theme of the lapbook will fit in well.

Here is the site of the company that did the workshop for us:

A Journey Through Learning

I really recommend their lapbooks. They are very well laid out and easy to understand.

(Their link is also in the Homeschooling Corner in my blog margin.)

Here is a great site with free lapbook templates:
http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/lapbooks.htm

If you know of any other sites with free lapbook templates I'd love to hear about them. Feel free to share them in the comment section of this post.