May 28, 2007 - Tri-Fold Mini-books for Lapbooking
The tri-fold mini-book is one of my favorite folds. It's easy and versatile. Remember, even if you don't lapbook, you can still make an occasional mini-book to record whatever topic you're learning about.
It's called a tri-fold because you start with a piece of paper folded in thirds as if you were going to mail it as a letter.
You can use it like that, or you can cut the trifold to resembe a shape for a more interesting book.
For example, this cute dolphin book is a tri-fold. By cutting out a head and tail and adding on fins to the back, this tri-fold is very interesting.
Here are other tri-folds.
A space capsule from our Space lapbook.
And a fish from our Ocean lapbook.
Both of these -- the space capsule and the fish -- are on my HomeSchool Launch files as templates. I'm sure you will think of many other uses for the versitile tri-fold!
Comments
May 28, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by nsremom
beautiful handwriting your dd has! Love the dolphin. I think my girls would love it if I put that in front of them!
May 29, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by grace4gayle
Ok, these just look like so much fun. I think I'm going to incorporate some of them into our schooling next year. But, what in the world do you do with all the finished projects? Do you store them...secretly toss them...do you have a system for that?
Gayle
May 29, 2007 - Very cool!
Posted by SmallWorld
I am inspired. If only I could remember to incorporate these next year...
May 30, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Anonymous
These look great! Hmm...I wonder how I could use something like this to teach math?
Denise
http://letsplaymath.wordpress.com/
May 30, 2007 - you made me so hungry!!!
Posted by Anonymous
i am aching now for chinese food. dumplings....i love them SO much!!! i can't wait to hit the first chinese restaurant in the US when we fly back june 1. tex-mex, too....
sorry about that. ;-) i guess you can tell the food is a bit limited here in our little corner of the globe. it's not bad, but the same 5 dishes over and over and over... i probably should reread the passages where the israelites gripe about the manna, right??? ha, ha. mary
May 30, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Redbud
Great little learning aids. I would love to do stuff like this, but my DS dislikes coloring. Must find away to adapt!
May 30, 2007 - Thanks!
Posted by jaminacema
Another great idea! My 6 yo would love this! We will have to make some. She would like to make a lapbook everyday, this could be the answer!
Jamin
June 2, 2007 - Untitled Comment
Posted by PumpkinsMomma
How long does it take you to do one lapbook? I don't know if I can see myself doing this everytime the kids read a book. It seems time s=consuming...I'm considering trying it though.
marie
July 3, 2007 - Thanks
Posted by picluvinmom
I found you site http://www.squidoo.com/lapbooking/ by google it was an inspiration. It was very helpful.We made our first lapbook after viewing your site and links.
http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/picluvinmom/350720/
