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Preschool Lapbook: Rainbow Colors
Apr. 29, 2008 • 7:52 PM
Here is the video of our completed Rainbows Labook (preschool level). The links are below if you wish to make your own and would like to use some of the same free resorces!
Here are the items we put into the back pocket of our lapbook:
This is a Noah game where the child matches up the animal pieces to the matching color and shape on the board. This was reproducible and in the book: File Folder Games for the Christian Classroom (see below for more info.)
This is something we've had and never really used so I included it here so we'll use it. On one side of the cards is the Noah's Ark story and then each card becomes a piece to a big puzzle when flipped to the back!
The next thing we included were transparent color paddles. These are to learn color mixing. When one is placed on another a new color is made! These can be bought at Orientaltrading.com. They come with three sets of all the rainbow colors.
Here my lil'cowboy and girl are just lining them up!
Whenever possible I hope to give my child a treat/prize (within the theme if possible) when we complete a lapbook! This time it was a rainbow lollipop.
He loved it! Later in the evening he comes inside and gives me a flower from the garden and tells me that it is is my prize! It was so incredibly sweet!
Here's where you can see the video of how to make a pocket for your lapbooks!
The Lapbook theme for April at Little Lapbooks is...
Rainbows!
We are excited to get started on our preschool lapbook because we have been working on identifying colors. Plus the story of Noah and the Rainbow's promise- What a great lapbook this will be!
Here are the links I found that we plan to use:
Letter R tracing with rainbow!
This page is similar but so cute. R is for Rainbow
Coloring picture: Rainbow over a town. Cute cover page!
Color Mixing Rainbow Activity Sheet: This page is so great. It has Red + Yellow = Orange written out with rainbow shapes for your student to color in. It then also has other color mixing equations to color! I am so glad we found this page!
Rainbow Circle- Fold! Great to write anything you'd like inside!
Interactive Paper Plate Ark: Add the animals! Here is a great printable craft. The print-out just gets cut out and glued to a paper plate (pocket). The cut-out animals get glued to popsicle sticks and get inserted into the Noah's Ark pocket! Very Cute & interactive for a toddler!
Here is a cute craft (Picture below) that we plan to do and glue right into our lapbook since it will be flat. I think I will use strips of cut paper instead of crepe or tissue paper for the color strips of the rainbow. Use your child's name in place of the name Giovanna. I plan to make the cloud on folded paper so when I will cut it out , I'll have a booklet that will open to my child's name written vertically with things written in about him starting with the given letter!
A Rainbow Under the Sea: Ocean Animals Book. This is a little advanced for preschoolers but I will help my son a little with it. It is neat to see all the different colors from the rainbow under the sea! God created rainbows everywhere! (I think you must be a member of Enchanted Learning to print this one!- Sorry!)
A great homeschooling mom (and missionary) at her blog 1+1+1=1 has added links as another participant in Little Laplinks. I really like the page she made using ROY G. BIV (as the name used to memorize the rainbow colors.) We plan to use her page and I also want my son to draw a picture of Roy G. Biv. I know he will be a colorful guy! 
Here is a great printable booklet on Noah's Ark. You may print it out in color or black and white (for your child to color.) The last page does say how God sent a rainbow as a promise never to flood the earth again.
These are nametages but will be great to use as pockets to hold booklets,etc.
Here are two things we are using out of reproducible books I have. The first is a booklet called My favorite color. It goes through all the colors ending with a rainbow and asking the child what their favorite color is. You can find the book Mini-Book of the Weekhere!
(This book has 40 great reproducible books that are great for lapbooking! I got mine throught Scholastic Book clubs but you can get it at the link above.)
We also used a Noah's ark SHAPES game from this book!
Here is another GREAT rainbow printable that we are also using. This is form another participant in Little Laplinks but I wanted to post it here on my blog as well --for my friends who come by my blog -but are not members of Little Laplinks.
God Made Rainbows (foldable book): Color in the color words! Made by lapbooklessons.com
Check out the other particpants of Little Laplinks for April's rainbow theme! The host, Valerie has a lot of great links too!
I will add photos of our completed lapbook once it is done! I'll add more links and crafts as I come across them, too- so check back!
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Apr. 2, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by Valerie
Love the color mixing sheet, we'll use that one for sure!
Valerie
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Apr. 5, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by bitsandpieces
I love the little craft you posted the photo of, Pax will love that! Thanks for sharing!
Carisa
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Apr. 29, 2008 - I love your Rainbow Lapbook!
Posted by Autumn
I just dropped in at lapbook lessons and seen your rainbow lapbook post. I love it!! You guys did such a wonderful job. I tried to make one today with my daughter it just wasn't turning out right so we trashed it after seeing your wonderful lapbook we will have to try again using the resources you shared. Thank you so much for sharing.
Big Hugs,
Sheila
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Apr. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by bitsandpieces
Your lapbook is awesome!!! I absolutely love it, I wish I had waited to complete ours now! I am going to let you get yours done first for flowers and then we'll finish up ours :). Yours is so artistic and creative, great job!!!
Carisa
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Apr. 30, 2008 - Too cute lapbook...
Posted by proverbsmomof3
I love the video walk-through you did. Great ideas. I so wish I had some little kids to do these projects with. I appreciate you sharing this with us.
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May. 2, 2008 - looks great and a question
Posted by aliciab
Your activities are great-thanks for sharing. I was wondering if you were able to do scholastic book clubs as a homeschooling family? I had emailed scholastic once, but didn't get much of a response and I know the good deals you can get sometimes. If you don't mind sharing, I would appreciate it. You could email me at adbland@email.com if you have a minute. Thanks.
Alicia
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May. 2, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Posted by PlainJane
Oh my, it's been a while since I was last over here. Sorry to be away soooo long. Life just flys by. I love your new look (although it's probably not new any more). :) I LOVE your rainbow lapbook - that is so cute! If I had any little ones anymore, I'd love to copy it. We are busy doing our Early American History & Weather Science lapbook & projects. I just realized today that we probably have enough to make 2 or 3 lapbooks, and we are still on colonial days - I better get separating it somehow. lol Thanks for visiting! I think I'll pass on the give-away this time, but I'll be back to visit more often - I promise. (((blessings)))
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