Monthly Archives: March 2012
Blogging From My Smartphone I have No Excuses Now
Trying out the WordPress app for my smartphone. I didn’t like it at first but after updating the app it has more features.
Still figuring out how to add pics and stuff. Can not use Flickr to add photos or I just can’t find it.
Any tips would be great.
This app is going to help me blog more since I will be able to blog while waiting for the kids at there many activities.
Love technology!
Wordless Wednesday- Happy 5th Birthday MJ
Happy Birthday MJ we love you!
Dad decorated the house with streamers before MJ woke up this morning. She was so surprised. She has been counting down the days till her birthday.
But she woke up with a tummy ache and has been on the couch all morning. Poor thing, to be sick on her birthday.
A Look Back at MJ’s 4th Birthday
MJ’s Space Lapbook and Projects
What is a lapbook? Great question!
Lapbooking is a cool way to learn and display your unit studies. Lapbooking can be used for preschoolers to adults. Using this 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 a large folder. It’s called a lapbook because it’s large and covers your lap.
Then the completed lapbook can serve as a review so your children can refer to it over and over again.
MJ’s first lapbook came out great and we had fun making it too.
We started our space unit reading library books and visited many websites with games and activities about space.
Books we used:
Websites we visited:
After reading and visiting the different websites we started our projects and mini books.
I found a great mini book file from Homeschool Share that had all the mini books I would need. I couldn’t even use them all.
If you try lapbooking Homeschool Share is a wonderful place to find all sorts of resources. There also many more places on the web too, or you could even make your own.
As we completed each mini book we would then add them to the lapbook.
You could also pre-make the lapbook and then have your child complete the mini books and activities in it.
Sometimes a pre-made lapbook is easier for younger children, where as older children enjoy putting it together themselves.
We also did some cool art projects that we used to decorate our lapbook with. I liked having all of the projects in one place, instead of all over the frig.
Projects we did:
- Space Shuttle Art Project found at Deep Space Sparkle by Patty an elementary school art teacher in Goleta, California. Her projects are awesome!
- Crazy Textured Moon Art found at Fumbling Through Parenthood
- Make a GALEX Galaxy Montage
The projects were a lot of fun and MJ enjoyed making her first lapbook. I plan on making more lapbooks throughout the year and next so check back to see more.
Has anyone made a lapbook? Please share, I’m always looking for new units to try.
