Fire

This was Trevor's idea, and he completed it with minimal help from me.
Yes, seems rather scary for a just-turned-5-year-old to do a lapbook on fire. However, his Papa is a fireman and he hears about it often, and visits the fire department about once a month. Better to be prepared.

Side flap:
Top flap:On right side flap:

Bottom left side flap:
Middle fold out form:Flip-up firetruck booklet:
There's also a pumper truck underneath, not shown.

Under the firetruck booklet:
Top right flap:Back of folder:
And, because we included the firemen "puppets," I'll tag this as toddler-friendly.

Space Travel

This one is Ethan's. It wasn't assigned, so he worked on it during his free time and over Christmas break:

We've really enjoyed this site about the International Space Station.
The videos are great!

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ISSRG/

Is there life on other planets? Ethan thinks so.
A UFO is lifting the house off the ground.
(This picture of his is a flap that lifts up.)

And, on the back, is his alien:

Egyptians

We did many of these lap books at the beginning of winter, and finished several up over Christmas break.
When we were studying Egypt, weeks ago, the kids did this lapbook:

Front

Inside main flaps:

First flip-top flap:Symbols of Egypt mini-book:

Pharaoh with crowns of both upper and lower Egypt:

Maps of Nile River Valley:

A page on King Menes and one on mummies:

Telling Time

This lapbook is used with a dry erase marker. The clock on the left flap is plastic. The pages in the center are in page protectors, and can be used and then wiped clean again.

Behind the page protectors, there is a mini book and a Time game.

Match the digital and analog clocks to the correct written time.
Game pieces are kept in a plastic baggie, stapled to the top of the page.

Mini-book and area behind the Time game. Mini-lift-the-flap quiz about time.
On the back of the folder,
is another folder,
which opens to another matching game.

Everything is more fun with books and flaps, right??
Have a grand time!!

Frogs

Special sections from Ranger Rick added to the lapbook.
Plus a froggie craft!

Descriptions of the stages, with laminated pictures inside each envelope.

Froggy facts on the flaps (try saying that 10 times!) that the kids cut out from Ranger Rick.
The orange envelope unfolds to show drawings of a frog's life cycle. Aaaand I forgot to get pictures of that. Phoey. Maybe later. The Artist did those pictures and they are so cute.

In the baggie, there are Velcro frogs and the froggie songs.

Below, Velcro glove, which is kept at the front of the lapbook box.

Halloween for the preschoolers

I've given my scrapbook tub over to the kids.
Nature Man colored and cut out these pumpkins.

Flip open the first flap to reveal a page protector full of coloring sheets. The first one was completed by Dash.
Past the coloring, there's a baggie of Velcro spiders and accompanying songs.
Each spider has been glued to card stock and cut out. Then we attached Velcro pads to the back.

Put the spiders on the Velcro glove before you begin the song. With each line, you remove a spider. The little kids love it. (Math before they realize they're learning.)

The next flap opens to reveal a pumpkin sequence game.
The tots put each laminated card on its matching picture.

Last flap is a Halloween sticker matching game. I just stuck the little stickers on the folder, laminated it. Then stuck and cut out the matching stickers and laminated those. Viola-- cheap and easy matching game for Little Lad.