GA Google Alerts

Google Alerts are a great way to keep up-to-date with what’s happening in the Lapbooking world online.

In 2009 I collected some interesting links to lapbooks and photos on a wide range of topics.

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Happy hunting for the many wonderful creative engaging unique colourful lapbooks of the world!

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Mini-Offices : A Lapbook Cousin

Mini-offices

For use more with preschool and primary children

§         A “mini-office” is like a little study corral or “busy book”, which enables the children to take their most commonly used reference materials in the van, to bed …
§         A “mini-office” is an organisational tool for drill sheets and other papers (like writing check lists and word lists) that the students for quick-reference when writing or studying.
§         especially useful as a busy book for little children to ‘read’ by themselves, with Mother or other older person.
§         It contains reference material - may include alphabet, numbers, colours, key words or names of family and friends … many possibilities – for different age groups.
§         Can be done for a particular subject, eg science, or topic, eg Human Body, or for different grades/levels.
§         Have it laminated or covered in clear contact/adhesive plastic.  

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/mini_offices.htm
http://www.teachingheart.net/minioffice.html [scroll down]

http://shadow-earth.com/archives/9 – for older child
http://shadow-earth.com/archives/15

http://www.crosswalk.com/1421272/ - Mini Office: for any homeschool by Kym Wright

http://www.squidoo.com/minioffice

Clear photos and instructions here for a mathematics mini-office:
http://sheilasjourney-sheila.blogspot.com/2008/04/math-lapbook-mini-office.html

links checked Sept.2009

Books + Reading (Lapbooks GA)

Books + Reading

Splish-And Then Mama Said…It Takes Time to Learn to Read …
By Sheri(Sheri)
I used the free Splish Activity Lapbook that comes free with the purchase of the book. I trimmed down the copywork pages on the turtle, stapled them and we glued them into the fold about turtles (picture of turtle on cover) and then …
http://scrapandlapbooks.blogspot.co.nz/p/lapbooks.html

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Creation – Critters – Earth (Lapbooks GA)

Creation – Critters

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Heavens + Earth

Forest Lapbook
By Debbie(Debbie)
The Deciduous Forest Features mini came from the sample of the Forest Habitats at HOAC – download the sample or buy the whole lapbook if you can. The Big Tree in the 4th section of Christopher’s book and second section of Nathan’s is …
Debbie’s Digest – http://debbiesdigest.blogspot.com/

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Seasonal (Lapbooks GA)

Seasonal

Thanksgiving Resources
By noreply@blogger.com (Willa)
There are some resources for a Thanksgiving Lapbook here. Several free downloads and printables; book lists; and samples and ideas. While I’m at it I’m going to list some of the other sites I was looking at yesterday: …
http://planningnotebook.blogspot.co.nz/search?q=lapbook

Thanksgiving Lapbook
By Lisa @Me & My House
It’s time to make a Thanksgiving MyMini Book of Remembrance (lapbook). What would you put in it? A Bound Book “Book of ThanksGiving” with Scriptures on Thanksgiving and your thoughts on them. A “Circle of Blessings” wheel of things you …

Weblink Wednesday – Thanksgiving Lapbooks and Activities
By Mommy Reg(Mommy Reg)
I am using this Thanksgiving Lapbook page and the free lapbook from Lilliput Station to make our Thanksgiving Lapbook. I am also using some elements from Cranberry Thanksgiving Lapbook. (I was going to get the book from the library but …
Mommyhood Adventures – http://mommyhoodadventures.blogspot.com/

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People + Places (Lapbooks GA)

People + Places

Pocahontas Lapbook
By Shanna(Shanna)
We concluded our studies on Jamestown and Pocahontas at the end of October, but I’m just now getting around to posting the pictures of the lapbook. We read both Pocahontas by D’Aulaire and Jamestown from The Adventures in Colonial …
Learning at His Feet – http://learningathisfeet.blogspot.com/

Homeschool Weekly #10 – Sickness
By Debbie(Debbie)
For History they worked on more mini books for the Viking Lapbook. We also read a chapter of The Dragon and the Raven. So today… dd Jessica, dh Court and I are trying not to get sick. Taking vitamins, extra vitamin C, and garlic. …
Debbie’s Digest – http://debbiesdigest.blogspot.com/

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General Tips + Helps (Lapbooks Google Alerts)

Lapbooks
By MARGARETE 
I have started a new blog http://lovinglifelapbooks.blogspot.com  . I posted pictures of Katie’s first lapbook. So come on over and visit. Have a great day!

Lapbooking…
By Sunflowermommie
I have gone on a quest to find lapbooking materials to use in our homeschool. I thought I would share them here with you. There are lots of interesting resources here. There are some lapbooking templates available here. …

Lapbook Insanity
By SmallWorld at Home(SmallWorld at Home)
Back in the summer, my American Heritage Girls co-coordinator and I decided it would be a brilliant idea to make lapbooks this year for all the new members. The first award that a new girl gets is called her Joining Award, and there are …
SmallWorld – http://smallworldathome.blogspot.com/

Opposite Lapbook
PreK-1st What you’ll need: 2 manila folders, glue, scissors, stapler, print-outs, packaging tape, marker What you do: Fold 1st manila folder as shown in picture, label with marker “Left” and “Right” arrows, and write title with child’s …
SMILE Academy 

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Books + Reading – Lapbook GA

Rowing Week 3: Madeline
By Mom Guide(Mom Guide)
FIAR Character and Bible Study : Compassion. Fieldtrip. We attended playgroup and library storytime. Fine Motor Activity. We built French buildings with Legos. Lapbook Resources. Homeschool Share. The Homeschool Mom (THM) …
Outside The Sandbox – http://outsidethesandbox.blogspot.com/

Lapbook catch-up Post
By Stephanie(Stephanie)
Here is what the crew has been working on the last 2 weeks along with their Alphabet Notebooks. The 1st book was The Carrot Seed .. a real classic. The other is Owl Babies. The boys are really enjoying working on he lapbook pieces and …
http://stephaniefurness.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/lapbooking

Cinderella Lapbook for 5 & 6 year olds.
By homeschoollearningforlife
Here’s a video of the completed lapbooks using several resources from http://www.homeschoolshare.com/cinderella.php. We just adapted some of them to suit ages 5 & 6. (Video coming soon). Here’sa few other useful links: …
http://homeschoollearningforlife.wordpress.com/category/lapbooks/

But….All My Friends Are Doing It????!!!!!
By Della(Della)
I also promised I would share Lillie’s new Phonics lapbook. I used some templates from Homeschool Share’s Phonics lapbook, but also pulled from ABC Teach’s site to get the Word Wheels and Word Strips. The yellow pieces velcro on and off …
http://dwellingintheland.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/lapbooking

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Creatures + Created – Lapbook GA

 Creatures

A New Lapbook
By Tina(Tina)
After learning as much as we could about honey bees, we put together lapbooks. The pictures below are of Noah’s Honey Bee Lapbook. Mia’s look almost the same. She placed some of the inserts in different spots, so for ease and simplicity …
http://childrenoftherosary.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/lapbook

Horse Lapbook

By homeschoollearningforlife
The girls have been taking the lead in their learning over the school holidays so of course, being horse-lovers, they were keen on making a lapbook about them. Here’s what they did:. They spent most of the day doing them and completed …
http://homeschoollearningforlife.wordpress.com/?s=lapbook

 

Heavens + Earth

Down To Earth…
By Della(Della)
My children spent most of this morning playing with their lapbooks (Lillie’s got a new phonics lapbook hot off the inkjet!) and exploring the solar system using this site. You must go check it out. It really is alot of fun! …
http://dwellingintheland.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/lapbooking

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People + Places – Lapbook GA

Egyptians Lapbook

By Have Fun – Live Life(Have Fun – Live Life)
Youngest daughter finished her Egyptian mummies lapbook from Hands of a Child. She used water colour pencils to add a little colour, and made mummy masks using Barbie’s head as the model.
http://havefun-livelife.blogspot.co.nz/search?q=lapbook

Desert lapbook
By kenziekylanmom(kenziekylanmom)
I meant to post our desert lapbooks last week and totally got sidetracked and forgot. Anyway, we have finished them except for adding the desert postcards that come in the mail. If you want to make your own click here. …
Keeping up with the Wedemeyer’s - http://wedemeyerfamily.blogspot.co.nz/search?q=lapbook

Our first lapbook: The Wright Brothers
By Dana(Dana)
We didn’t make a traditionally folded lapbook. More like a tri-fold. But I’m learning there is no wrong way. So the inside fold introduces the brothers and the aircraft they delivered to our military in 1909. …
The Sunny Side - http://oursunnyside.blogspot.co.nz/search?q=lapbook

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Lapbook : Google Alerts

General, Tips – Lapbook GA

Here are some more lapbooks popping up on my google radar – makes for interesting reading. All bit of a hodge-podge, but hopefully you will be inspired to ‘do’ lapbooking.

“Givit a go!”

http://makala.homeschooljournal.net/little-miss-naughtys-lapbooks/
… mind printing but id love to save a couple trees this year alone. and then i also used it to cover some flashcards i printed out for a lapbook instead of leaving just paper now they wont rip and she can play with them all she wants. …
http://makala.homeschooljournal.net/little-miss-naughtys-lapbooks/

Our First Lapbook
By Lisa(Lisa)
We did not do a project this week because Chelsea and Nick wanted to work on their lapbooks. In case you have never heard of it before, a lapbook is an educational tool made out of a folder that usually uses several minit books and can …
http://thehappyhomeschoolmom.blogspot.co.nz/2008/10/our-first-lapbook.html#uds-search-results

Weekly Update October 17, 2008
I copied various worksheets from Enchanted Learning to complete a lapbook. The worksheets are nice because Andrew does not mind them and he enjoys seeing all his work put together in a lap book. They are a good thing to have round when …
http://growing-fruit.blogspot.co.nz/2008/10/weekly-update-october-17-2008.html#uds-search-results

Loving the Lapbooks
By Candace(Candace)
I found the coolest site for some already put together lapbooking packs. It’s called In the Hands of a Child. They’re having a sale on each of their All American Lapbook Packs this month, and just by mentioning that in my blog, …
http://missingtheground.blogspot.co.nz/search?q=lapbook

http://buncharunyons.blogspot.co.nz/search?q=lapbook
By Natalie(Natalie)
Last year, my friend Sue introduced us to lapbooking. I had never heard of such a think before, but when her kids showed me the lapbooks they had made for their astronomy study I was instantly hooked. A lapbook is a “book” constructed …

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Lapbook : Google Alerts

Books – Lapbook GA

Google Blogs Alert for: lapbook

Books + Literature

http://hsingonawingandaprayer.blogspot.co.nz/2008/10/ok-lapbook-is-posted-minus-some.html#uds-search-results
By Sheri(Sheri)
Thought I would let ya know-I posted the pics of the lapbook for A New Coat for Anna. Head over to the scrapping and lapbooks blog. Enjoy.
Homeschooling on a Wing and a Prayer

Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel
By Heather(Heather)
I found these pictures on the internet and we put them in a pocket in the lapbook. Plus, since Mary Anne is a steam shovel, he did a construction vehicle book and personified them all! He really enjoyed naming each one and adding a face …
http://blogshewrote.blogspot.co.nz/2008/10/mike-mulligan-and-his-steam-shovel.html#uds-search-results

Blueberries for Sal-lapbook
By Elinette(Elinette)
Caleb put together (with mom’s help) this lapbook from Hands of a Child based on the picture book Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey. We used 2 file folders for this one and it took us 2 weeks to put it together. …
http://hiswonderfulworks.blogspot.co.nz/search/label/Lapbooks

Grandfather’s Journey and Caps for Sale lapbooks
By sixcloars
This week Emma completed a lapbook for the book Grandfather’s Journey. We weren’t very creative with the cover of this one. cover of lapbook. cover of lapbook. Inside of the lapbook, Emma has the a flapbook of contintents, …
http://sixcloars.wordpress.com/?s=lapbook

There’s lots going on in Lapbooking!

Have fun creating learning presenting thinking!

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Political – Lapbook GA

Google Blogs Alert for: lapbook

 

Elections + Political

 

Government study with kids
By Pamela(Pamela)
We have been following the debates and the whole process of the election, so we decided to scrap our original plan for next week and pull out our Election Lapbook and spend the week discussing and researching the Presidential election …
http://weaverfamblog.blogspot.co.nz/search?q=lapbook

Presidential Election Links
By Chocolate on my Cranium(Chocolate on my Cranium)
Presidential Election Lapbook from Notebook Learning. A great study that covers everything from the electoral college to party mascots. Election Lapbook from Homeschooleshare – You need to download each booklet for the lapbook …
http://chocolateonmycranium.blogspot.co.nz/2008/09/presidential-election-links.html#uds-search-results

There’s lots going on in Lapbooking! Have fun creating learning presenting thinking!

 

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30,000 page views

30,000 page views

since November 2007.

Thank you for visiting!

wow! the power of the internet …

Many thanks,

http://lapbooking.wordpress.com/category/lapbooking-blogs/

Seasonal – Lapbook GA

Google Blogs Alert for: lapbook

Seasonal

Fall School Plans
By Marybeth(Marybeth)
This will lead right into an in-depth study of the first thanksgiving, which we will also be making a lapbook about. I bought Evan Moor’s theme pocket book for November, which includes some great reproducibles we will be using. …
Cheaper By The Half Dozen – http://marybethwhalen.blogspot.com/

Fall: Apples and Pumpkins, Oh My!
By colleenfelz
We will also read the book, How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World, and make a lapbook to go along with it. Pumpkins:. Of course we will carve our pumpkins. This is a great kinesthetic and tactile learning experience. …
homeschoolingcoach.com – http://homeschoolingcoach.com/blog

we started the pumpkin lapbooks this morning. Ethan’s attention …
By MoonDog(MoonDog)
we started the pumpkin lapbooks this morning. Ethan’s attention span is SO SHORT and he just had such a hard time sitting. I made him do jumping jacks to try and use up some energy so he could focus. I ordered more American Girl books, …
Dancing On Water - http://dancingwater-moondog.blogspot.co.nz/search?q=lapbook

 

 There’s lots going on in Lapbooking! Have fun creating learning presenting thinking!

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