Lapbook or minibooks?

[filipinagirl]

I was wondering if any on you guys had any experience on both.. which one is less hazzle? We are not a very crafty family, but I can really see these things can really benefit my dc, so i am thinking of embarking on this project.

thank you,
Maria

[Adopted Heiress]

that mini-books are the things you put into the lapbooks. You would not necessarily have to put them into the lapbooks (which are folders that are re-folded into a 'book' that opens in the middle and then cntain different types of mini-books). You could just make the mini-books and attach them to notebook paper and keep them in a binder...

Howver, there are many places that can reduce YOUR learning curve and time as the teacher. Hands of a Child and Knowledgebox Central are a few places that sell ready to use lapbooks in e-book or CD format that you can print out the mini-books and your child fills them in and puts them in a lapbok. I think Knowledgebox even sells pre-made ones , which are lapbooks with all the mini-books ready for you in the lapbook your child just fills them out..

hope that helps :)

[WTMindy]

We put mini-books (which are made for lapbooks, but I don't really like having a separate lapbook) into our notebooking pages for TOG. You can look at my Magnum Opus blog in my signature to see an example for this week.

[filipinagirl]

Hello Mindy,

Thank you for your feedback. I thought lapbook was different from these minibooks... the website liveandlearnpress.com is more like folding and pressing.. ayayay.. I really don't understand it all yet.
But Iwill look into the lapbooks.
Thank you. I will check out your blog.!

Maria

[Closeacademy]

I have lapbook pictures on my blog as well.

We love lapbooks here but to keep down the frustration factor I do a few things before we get involved in a particular lapbook:

1. I ask my child what they want to do a lapbook on (we do 2 week units).
2. I go through the lapbook and print out only the mini-books that I think would work best for my child. If it is too hard--I don't print it.
3. We only make 1-3 books per day depending upon how large they are.
4. I use my scrapbook cutter and cut out all the books for that day before school starts so we just have to do the folding, gluing and writing parts.
5. I put the mini-books into a file and at the end of the unit have my child put toghether the lapbook. So they get to decide where the mini-books go in the folder and glue them down.

It is a very rewarding experience and we have learned so much about so many things by doing these. :001_smile:

[keithfamily5]

www.homeschoolshare.com (http://www.homeschoolshare.com)

They have free lapbooks. This might be a good place to start to try it and decide if you and your kids like it before you buy anything.

HTH,
Patty

[filipinagirl]

www.homeschoolshare.com (http://www.homeschoolshare.com)

They have free lapbooks. This might be a good place to start to try it and decide if you and your kids like it before you buy anything.

HTH,
Patty

Thank you!