We completed our first lap book! 

What is a lap book?  Well, it is a way to display what you have learned.  I'm just learning how to incorparate them into our learning time but it seems like a perfect fit for us.  Basically, a lap book is a file folder that has been re-folded to look like a shutter on a window.  Then you open it up and inside are little books/pockets/snippets that provide a snapshot of the things you've learned on a topic.  My favorite part is having the child revisit the book or share the book with someone else...they just keep on learning and learning from it. 

Our first lap book was on rhyming.  I had noticed that Hayden kept telling me words rhymed because they began with the same sound.  At about the same time I had come across lap books in my homeschool research.  I thought the concept sounded great and since I was going to pull together some lessons on rhymes I decided to try to put them together in a lap book.  It was fun and he understands the concept of rhyming very well. 

It was fun to share with Daddy the day we finished it!  Now on to Birds...our next lap book.  I'll share when we finish in a few weeks.