Jan. 21, 2009 - A General Mini Office
I had wanted to make a "general reference" mini-office. You know, things that are used often and while they may be "subject specific", it is only one aspect, rather than a whole she-bang. My slick tip is to use large labels to print on. I used my husband's UPS labels. 2 per sheet and since they're equal in size and the margins are equal all the way around, it was easy to manipulate for printing. It was very nice not to have to glue very much!
Front Cover
This is a cursive chart with directional arrows. The arrows are hard to see, so I'll have to do something to correct that. (For my daughter's, I found a Princess chart that is so cool from www.lapbooklessons.com. I wish they had a prince one, but alas. Not yet anyway!)
Inside
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Inside Left
At the bottom of the Months of the Year list I wrote "12 months = 1 Year" and at the bottom of the days of the week I wrote "7 days = 1 week" and "52 weeks = 1 year". Some of the images came from "mini office" or lapbook sites and others are just from Google images. When using Google images, JUST BE AWARE! And don't do it when you have kids around! (Trust me!)
You'd NEVER believe what comes up on the 1st page when googling "days of the week"!
Also note how Alaska and Hawaii are in the "right" places (at least approximately!)
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Inside Right
By the clock I wrote "60 seconds = 1 minute", "60 minutes = 1 hour", and "24 hours = 1 day". The music chart is one I found via Google images. I fiddled with it a bit in my photo software to get the contrast to be better. I wanted the lines going from the notes on the staff to the appropriate keys to be actually VISIBLE!
There is also a sign language chart showing finger spelling, a number line from -10 through +10.
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I'll probably include some basic music theory items too such as common time signatures or even what a time signature means, how to find a key signature, names and duration of notes and the equivalents (such as quarter note = 1 beat, 2 eighth notes = 1 quarter and so forth along with graphics.)
The back for now is blank. I wanted to leave some space so I could add as we went along. I am considering a skip counting chart and a chart of Roman numerals. We'll see. I'm open to suggestions so if you have any, please comment!
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