Farm Animals Lapbook

I am often asked how can one create a lapbook for a young child. Here I offer a series of 9 photos and instructions of a simple lapbook I made together with one of my daughters simply as an example of how lapbooking can be fun for young ones too. Bear in mind that this was put together by myself and my 13 yo, not by a preschooler, so the standards will be higher than you should expect with your little one unless you plan to do all the work yourself!

The point is to provide an example of how you can pick any topic of interest to your child and find some simple images and ideas to create a lapbook on it.

The information you include in the lapbook can be printed off the net, or better still is to read some books to your young one and then have him narrate (tell back out loud) to you what he knows about the given topic, and you write it down for him or her.

Let your child have fun coloring, cutting and glueing as much as they are able. It's the PROCESS that teaches them as well as builds a relationship between you, not the beauty of the finished product!

Here, I simply picked a topic (Farm animals), decided on 9 typical farm animals, used images off the net to create pics of those farm animals, and wrote some simple information under the lift up flaps. A central collage and some more pictures on the cover completed the lapbook.

Have fun!!
Love
Cynthia