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I decided while taking a break from school this month I would work more with my toddler. So this June Lapbook meme for Little laplinks is Bugs. We will be doing this and try to have it finished in the next few weeks. Well I asked my ds(3) what bug he wanted to read about, his reply " Beetles".  I was a bit surprised not knowing he was interested in this particular insect so, I decided to start looking for resources on beetles.
Today I made a stop at the library (finally) and we have our books for this month's subject checked out.
As soon as I got them to the car my dd (10) started reading the one on Ladybugs. I thought she would want to do her lapbook on butterflies but she may decide to do a variety of bugs:) However this turns out, so far the interest level is high on this one for these two bug lovers.
My toddler "Z" is very attached to the book "Dangerous Insects and Spiders" by:Chris McNab. So we are off to start our reading tonight with this one. We will see how far we get before he gets sleepy.
He is so funny. He looks through the pages and says "Mom, what kind of bug is this one? Look at it." I tell him what the name is and he says. " I like it, I want it. At wal-mart." I say, at wal mart? They have them at Wal_Mart?" He replies "Yes, and I want one, get me one from there ok." LOL !! I thought that was pretty funny. Wal-Mart has everything now days or at least it seems we get everything from there so to him, they must have these things too! Well have a blessed night.
Stacy

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Flower lapbook resources
http://www.abcteach.com/free/d/daisysmiling_line.jpg
http://www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/colors/index.htm
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/spring/mflower.html
http://www.kidzone.ws/prek_wrksht/pre-print/pre-print-flower.htm
http://www.abcteach.com/free/f/flower_sort_bw_set.pdf
http://www.kidzone.ws/geography/usa/mississippi/magnolia2.htm
http://www.earlylearningactivities.com/PDF/tulipdaysoftheweekc.pdf
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/spring/msunflower.html
http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/lapbooks/printables/plants_bible_verse.htm
http://www.nickjr.com/playtime/shows/dora/games/dora_garden.jhtml?= online game
http://www.crayola.com/gamesFun/games/console.cfm?game=flower_garden&ok=true online game

http://www.sesameworkshop.org/sesamestreet/games/flash.php?contentId=11619933
online water the garden game.

My little one loves the computer games. I think it makes him feel like a big kid. Tonight we started our flower lapbook. I plan on using some of these links, I am sure I will not use all of them not all. I am still searching for more.
My little one loves to cut and paste, paint, and work with modeling clay. He likes matching games so we may make one up for this with different flowers. He’s not much into coloring for some reason. He literally runs away from the coloring. So I won’t push him on that right now. Dad helped tonight with any coloring. He likes it when daddy colors with him, of course he wants daddy to do the coloring.
I did see a few books that I will be headed to the local library to check out if they are available. Here is the list so far:
From Seed to Sunflower (Lifecycles) by Gerald Legg
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
How a Seed Grows by Helene J. Jordan
(one book that we already have is Elmo's Garden)
If these are not available I am sure there are more to choose from and I will leave the library satisfied!
I searched my bookshelves in hopes of finding some books...well none were there about flowers. Guess I need to add some to our home library.
This goes real well with what we have been doing around here for fun. We have been planting flowers. My little ones helped me on mother’s day with our newest flower bed (my mothers day gift from the children and my hubby). So needless to say I was excited and ready to jump in on this one with him.
I hope to finish this by the end of the month. We will be working hard on it next week. I can’t really overload him, he seems to get bored a little easy so a few activities a day and at the end of the week I think we will have a nice little lapbook to show.
Actually as of today we have completed the lapbook and now need to read a few more stories. He has enjoyed this lapbook so much.
Be blessed:)

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I had seen these mini offices on blogs and wanted to do one for my dd. I googled “mini office for homeschool” and the first link I clicked on was http://www.squidoo.com/minioffice. I love the photos and I thought this would be a great way to have those resources on hand (desk) for my daughter. I did like hers so much I decided to use some of the same resources and just add a few of the others that my dd might need.  So I went searching to find more resources.I found so many great links and free resources. I still stand amazed at how helpful the homeschooling community all around the world is. It is such a blessing to me to have the help of other veteran homeschoolers. I am learning so much as I go along here. Even the new homeschoolers are busy posting helps for others. It’s great!

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/mini_offices.htm
http://www.squidoo.com/minioffice I used many of the links here to find resources
http://www.donnayoung.org/math/multiplication-charts.htm
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/worksheets/mini_offices/math%20symbols.pdf
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/worksheets/mini_offices/Punctuation.pdf
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/worksheets/mini_offices/handwriting.pdf
As you can see if you go to the
http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/mini_offices.htm you will find a lot of resources there for mini offices that I used
I did a google search for a free image of the time zone map
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/math/

So there it is. We had fun making it. Be blessed, Stacy

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This is my first time doing this. I joined the little laplink group over at http://lapbooklessons.ning.com/. The theme for this month is Easter/Resurrection Lapbook. I did a search on the web and so far this is what I have found. I am not sure of what I will use, maybe I will do the one that Valerie has at  http://lapbooklessons.ning.com.  I am not sure yet but I guess I'd better figure it out, we need to be working on it already! Anyway here are the resources I have found so far:

Resurrection lapbook resource links

 

Story time

http://misslink.org/children/biblestories/easter.html

 

Easter Mobile (craft)

 

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/meastermobile.html

 

Recipe card pockets (just a thought) food for thought J

http://www.dltk-kids.com/recipesdb/view.asp?rid=6

 

 

http://www.dltk-kids.com/recipesdb/view.asp?rid=155

 

 

songs to sing (music)

http://www.dltk-bible.com/jesus_alphabet_song.htm

 

 

puzzle pocket ( would be best printed on card stock ( my littlest one loves puzzles)

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/images/cpuzzle2.gif

 

Poetry (recognizing colors)

http://www.dltk-holidays.com/easter/jellybean.htm

 

vocabulary

http://www.dltk-bible.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.dltk-bible.com/word-list/easter/ceastereasy.gif

 

cover or booklet inside????

http://www.first-school.ws/t/easterheisarisen.htm

coloring pages

http://coloringbookfun.com/easter/

 

 

tracer pages

http://www.kidzone.ws/tracers/easter-r/tracer.asp

 

 

 

Math- count the silver pieces and place them in Judas’s bag (still looking for printable resource on this)

Judas received 30 pieces of silver

 

Still searching...
Stacy

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This is the first lapbook that I created on my own without the instructions coming from another lapbooker, a freebie lapbook  I downloaded,  or a purchased one from somewhere like In the Hands of a Child, The Homeschool Estore,  or Knowledge Box Central.

I guess I am pleased to know that,  "Hey, I can do this!" . Silly I know. 

We finished this lapbook in one week. The pre-k student I teach ( not my 2yr old ds) is here three days each week. This was one weeks lesson and I was able to mix it with the Caits Christian Preschool curriculum I am using with him. So far this is working out fine.

Here are the resources I used:

A few stickers from Total Basic skills workbook by American Education Publishing

 

Alpha Buddy- B Bobby inside flap on cover

http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/mbobby.html

 

Letter B worksheet extension flap

http://www.first-school.ws/t/alpha1/b.htm

B for Bible worksheet- Tracer

http://www.first-school.ws/theme/bible/coloring-pages/alphabet-zn.htm

“What Begins with B?” mini book inside folder

http://www.dltk-teach.com/minibooks/b/index.htm

 

“Circle the pictures that begin with B worksheet” inside red fold on inside right flap is from Caits Christian Preschool Curriculum. I purchased the volume 1 cd at www.caitscurriculum.com

 

Basket of fruit on back- cut and paste

http://www.first-school.ws/activities/nutrition/fruits/basket.htm

Well I guess that's it for today. I think I may have the flu. If you think about it, say a little prayer for me here. It's never good when and if mom gets sick, also that the kids won't get this...whatever it may be. Be blessed,

Stacy

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