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These are the lapbooks that the boys did for our Egyptian country study.  We fold ours a little differently then most because of how we store them but they are the same idea as the bigger ones.  All of our country lapbooks contain relatively the same elements:  map of the country, flag of the country, something with the currency, famous people, important events or places, a game and any other information that we want to add.  For the most part these are "mom driven" but each lapbook that we do takes on the personality of the owner.  My oldest ds10y is, just this year, starting to make his own decisions about what and how, he wants information in his book.  I seriously doubt if this is at all what Charlotte Mason had in mine for "doing" school work; as a matter of fact, I think she might even consider these books busy work but my kids enjoy making them and they enjoy showing them off even more.  Plus it gives doubtful grandparents something impressive to SEE that we are doing in HOMEschool so we continue to do them.  Enjoy!

DS10Y LAPBOOK OPEN:

left flap - Games used (different in each book): SENET, SEEGA, MEHEN 

right flap - Ancient Egyptian machines accordion book, Egyptian pounds - pocket, Economy comparision - Wheel book 2 divisions  

Files OPENED

and with contents of pockets revealed-

This section includes:

left side:  Ancient Pharaohs pocket - picture on one side, info on back, comparison of major religions - accordian fold, Ancient Egyptian pagan gods & goddess on business cards in pocket for matching game with accordian fold

center:  map of Egypt, Hieroglyphic & Arabic alphabets, Egyptian history timeline

right side:  process of mummification - flaps fold into each other, canopic jars - flaps

(SAME INFORMATION BUT LAYOUT BY DS8Y:)

BACK FLAPS

left side - all about pyramids - compressed triangle book, famous pyramids - matchbook, carouche of childs name

right side - Egyptian flag

 (SAME INFORMATION BUT LAYOUT BY DS8Y)

 And to show that younger children can do similar but maybe not as informative work, these are the photos of ds6y lapbook (outside, inside & then flaps revealed)(& yes, some of his work is upside down):