Lapbooking Success

DD4 and I started our first lapbook this week, and I must say that it seems to have been a success. We are doing an "E" book. So far we have attached a fold down ear (we will put a quote about hearing behind that), and a mini-book on eagles. We have looked up African and Asian elephants and will put in a fold out about the differences between them. Also, we started some research about eggs. I think we will make a couple different egg dishes and take pictures of them to include in that part. I also want to attach an envelope with the letter of her name inside so that she can work on placing them in the right order. I am not sure what else....still thinking about it....maybe earthworms since she likes playing with them in the garden.
She was so proud of the work she had done, and was very proper in telling dad all about why African elephants have big ears.

DD9 has started assembling origami pieces for a unit on China, and DS11 is researching the Sun for a unit on Astronomy. We still have a long way to go on both of these, but I think that they are enjoying this "alternative" learning method. DS11 especially likes being able to use the Internet to find NASA photos of sun spots.