Just WHAT IS a Lapbook??? by Cindy Rushton

Just WHAT IS a Lapbook???

Wondering just WHAT IS a Lapbook? Heard the rumble, but not quite sure what a Lapbook is or how to do it? Need a bit of help here? I think I can help!

A Lapbook Is…

A Lapbook is a complete collection of booklets and display material from a particular study gathered and displayed in a folder-book that fits in your lap. . A Lapbook is commonly prepared using a file-folder, folded in a “shutter-fold” with a display of bookslets and other information from a study. A Lapbook is displays the highlights of the study.  It is used for display of information from a study and as a tool for reviewing material as the child comes back to look at the Lapbook.

The term “Lap Book” was first coined by Tammy Duby, a homeschool mother and writer from Virginia. She named it that because the whole project could fit into a “book” that fits in the child’s lap. A Lapbook is a project book that fits in the child’s lap! 

Our Addiction Begins…

I don’t know about you, but I like to continue learning alongside of my children. When I hit a dry spot, I immediately begin to look for fun and easy ideas for making our studies even more special. Lapbooking was an answer to me during a very dry time. All it took was ONE project and I was hooked!

Since then, Lapbooking has been a fun way for us to display what we are learning from our studies. It is also a great way to share what we love from our studies with others. The skills being learned are so bountiful that if there were just ONE THING that I could ask everyone to try just ONCE…it would be to just try Lapbooking!