Lap Books - A Great Tool to Teach Your Child Preschool at Home August 9
LapBooks are a terrific part of a good home preschool program. Lapbooks combine all of the work done in a single subject area to really pull it together for your child. They can be reviewed at later dates to make sure that learning is cumulatively building itself. But more than this, they give your preschooler (and older kids as well) something to look at where they can see their progress. This can be a great source of pride which allows children to be more successful in their learning over the long run. And they’re fun for you to put together with your child; they basically take the joy of scrapbooking and apply it to education.
| Lapbooks are something that you can make yourself with your child. They use a file folder system which makes organization easy but you can add your own touches to this system to make the lapbooks more personalized. As you’re putting the lapbooks together with your child, you’ll be reviewing the subject matter that she’s already learned which helps to reinforce that learning. And every time that your child takes out the lapbooks to show them off, she’ll be re-learning that material again. |
And she will definitely want to show off her lapbooks. Children of all ages, and especially preschool children, love to be proud of themselves. They like showing off their independence and their knowledge to others who are supportive of their developmental growth. So whenever favorite aunts and uncles, family friends and grandparents come to visit, you can pull out the lapbooks so your child can show off all that she knows. She’ll be proud of herself which will encourage her to continue on with her studies, learning more so that she’ll have more to share. And as you watch her sharing all that she’s learned, you’ll be proud of her … and maybe even a little bit proud of yourself for all of the education that you’ve already given to her.
Besides being a terrific tool for compiling your child’s work and encouraging her to continue it, the lapbooks are a great activity that you can share with your child. They’re a part of the learning process that is truly just fun to do. You and your child can work together in scrapbook style to get everything put together. And when your child looks back on what her home school education was like, she’ll probably remember these times as fun. Add to them by creating a ritual like listening to music, making and eating pop corn together or going shopping for stickers to add to the lapbooks. These little touches will make creating the lapbooks a shared experience that you’ll both look forward to … and then look back on fondly!
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