Lapbooking Fun~ Autumn

We are just starting a unit study on Autumn. The girls are learning about the equinox, rotation of the earth, solstice and climate changes. We decided to include an Autumn lapbook in the mix. Once we are finished with the unit study we will attach it to the lapbook so its all together for easy reference.

Recipes and jokes on the front cover. Along with a bit of art work. Hali's lapbook turned out very cute! Abby still hasn't started on hers. It is slated to begin at the end of this week.

Pictured with the flaps open and cards pulled out. Hali listed her favorite fall foods on the cards.

This is a quad fold. Shown here is the right flap. She still has to finish her leaf rubbings and collections of fall leaves. However, everything is mostly green still so this will have to wait.

Inside left and middle.

Lapbooking fun~ Ocean Basics

This year a wonderful friend introduced me to lap booking (Thanks Julia). I have taken the idea and ran with it. I am currently using the lap book with just Hali and Abby. I have not come across anything yet that would be good and productive for the boys. As you can see, these lap books are done by the kids. I did put a different twist on our lap books however. I am trying to do a lap book and unit study on the same thing. That way the lap book can reiterate what they are learning inside of the unit study. I happened across some super sized file folders. These are the kind that protect large paintings and commercial blueprints. Normal lap books are generally made from file folders used for small businesses and such. Because I have so much room available in them, I decided that it would be a brilliant idea if I could attach the unit studies to it.








Imagine Abby's surprise when she saw these ugly fish with no eyes in the midnight zone. She decided even IF she could go to the bottom of the ocean, she didn't want to. Pictured here is her unit study that shows the zones of the ocean. This unit study was filled with good information and good pictures to help her visualize what they are taking about. At the end of the study there are several work pages that test the comprehension for that unit.






















I think every scrapbooker loves to see stickers and embellishments on their kids work.













Abby was so surprised when she found out about the 5 oceans and them being connected. What was really great was that she comprehended that oceans were both warm and cold. We included some of the cold water animals and activities in this lap book. I think when most of us think about oceans we only think about the warm water animals. Abby learned about penguins, polar bears, seahorses, sharks and fish.





This is a memory matching game. When I printed out these cards I was shocked to know there was so many different kinds! Eventually we will match up the pictures on these cards with the collection currently housed in my bathroom (from our many trips to Louisiana~ Thank you Tonya, Nana and Papa Tom) and will do identification. Until then she can continue to play the memory game with her sister.

Our First Complete week

Abby is finishing up her Ocen Basics unit.



Hali having a mid-morning snack.




Abby on the first day~ All smiles and glad to be back to work.







Aaron doing his Switched on Schoolhouse.





Here is Nick doing his 12th Grade work on the computer.

Since tomorrow is supposed to be our Field trip Friday I am claiming our first week as finished! Being a homeschooling mom is not an easy job but it has so many rewards. I cannot imagine what life would be like if I had not made this decision. Homeschooling is not always easy~ but to me it's well worth the efforts.

Here are a few pictures from this week. Our classroom is mostly packed up into boxes at this point, so please excuse our progress!