Just Beginning

First, a little background on the kids that these lapbooks will be geared for. I have 2 little girls, Makayla, who will be 6 this month, is in kindergarten, and Ashleigh is 4, and is in preschool. We also have my best friend's kids during the week who I will be working on lapbooks with, Jaelynn will be 5 next week and goes to preschool with Ashleigh, and her little brother Bubby is 3 and goes to a different preschool. Makayla's books will be between a kindergarten to a second grade level, depending on the topic. There are some topics that she is very advanced on and others she is just learning. Ashleigh and Jaelynn will be geared to pre-school and Kindergarten ages and Bubby's books will all be preschool level.

Tonight we will be starting our first lapbooks. I expect it will take us about a week to complete them. Since I work full time and I only see Jaelynn and Bubby for about 1 1/2 hours 4 days a week we won't be able to sit and get them done quickly. When we complete our books I'll post pictures and links to all the great resources I found.

The themes for our first books are:

Makayla - Wizard of Oz
Ashleigh - Cinderella
Jaelynn - Halloween
Bubby - B Book

Here's some of the learning goals for the books mentioned above:

Wizard of Oz - Learn about Rainbows (Science Project "Catch a Rainbow") and Primary & Secondary Colors (Color Wheel), Read "The Raindrops Adventure...", use the Lion to discuss/write about courage, use the tin man to learn about the heart, and use the scarecrow to learn about the brain.

Cinderella - Use the glass slipper to learn to measure feet sizes, use a clock to tell time, learn to tie a bow, learn about pumpkins, reinforce colors, learn how to spell name.

Halloween - Reinforce colors & counting, learn about bones, learn about pumpkins, make a map, learn about safety.

B Book - recognize the letter B and sound it makes. Learn colors that start with B, animals that start with B, and favorite characters that start with B.