One Child Policy Homeschool

• October 16, 2007 - Rainforest Lapbook

This was a very fun study -- the rainforest!

Sprite designed this cover with the moving leaf! It was all her idea and design. This child is creative with a capital C! Please visit her blog. She's been posting some of her artwork. Her scarecrow and corn drawing is also posted at Barb's Heart of Harmony Sketch Tuesday. If you or your children would like to participate, just email Barb your pictures.

Our Sonlight Core 2 curriculum had a few days scheduled for a study of the rainforest, but I decided that this fascinating habitat needed far more time! So I held it back to the end of the school year. Once we had done all our other curriculum, this made a nice extra unit study to fill in the gap as we wait for new material. Right now I have no set curriculum. We've been doing a Composer study and this Rainforest study along with reading and math.

The resources we used were mostly online as we only had three books that dealt with the rainforest at all. I've compiled my links on a new webpage Rainforest Lapbook. (Even if you don't lapbook, the resources would make a great unit study.) From that page, you can access templates I made for many of the minibooks in the lapbook.

More rainforest lapbook pictures can be found at Flickr.

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Comments

• October 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Kinley

Neat! I am going to start doing something like that with my son. He is creative and would enjoy it.
Kristy

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• October 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Dot

Wow, she is pretty good in creativeness.

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• October 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

okay, I wanted the M&M flap to be opened. hmmmmm....what could that have to do with the rainforest? I love artistic kids. It's so fun to see them progress, isn't it?

Emily
thelearningneverstops.blogspot.com

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• October 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by socalval

Ok, girls do a much better job with lapbooks than boys. I have to urge my boys into becoming creative with color and things. They just pencil things, glue and close the book! Your daughter lapbook is so beautiful. Great job!!!

Valerie

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• October 17, 2007 - Wow, really nice job.

Posted by HarmonyArtMom

Jimmie,

My very first ever lapbook was one on the rainforest. I wish I would have had all your great ideas and your Squidoo lens to work with.

Tell your daughter I love her cover idea.
Barb

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• October 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

What a great Job..I am passing it on already in my groups on Cafe Mom..Your such a blessing,

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• October 17, 2007 - great work!

Posted by mom2chris

Your little Sprite is so creative. :) Tell her she did a wonderful job and that our family is loving looking at the different photos.

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• October 17, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by mykidsmatter2

I love your Rainforest Lapbook...
I get so many ideas from you... Thanks a bunch!!
Have a great week..

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• May 22, 2008 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Anonymous

wow im very impressed with the works, im just trying to find myself a good lapbook and this is great.

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About Me

~^~Homeschooling my only child with a somewhat Charlotte Mason approach and a healthy dose of lapbooks, crafts, and field trips. ~^~Showcasing my photography hobby by sharing images of life in China. ~^~Why "One Child Policy Homeschool"? I happen to have an only child, and I live in China. It is just my attempt at a witty name for the blog.