Butterflies

I have mentioned that we're homeschoolers, right? Yes, it has been a while since I've posted anything that we've learned. That is probably because we spent a month not doing any official school work. Not that we didn't learn anything, I mean really, how can one not learn?

Anyway, we spent the last week of so learning about butterflies. We found four awesome science books at Costco. We started with "Bugs & Insects".

The books are well written and interactive, using stickers to answer questions at various points in the book. Princess loved this.

When we started this book, I had no intention of doing anything more than reading, placing stickers and discussing what we read.

A while back, I heard the word lapbooking. I had no idea what it was. A friend showed me her lapbook, but I never did anything.

When I started reading Sherry's Living and Learning blog I began to get more curious about lapbooking. She has created some pretty awesome lapbooks with her son. One day she mentioned that there are tons of resources available on the internet. That was enough to get me hooked. I love Googling! I was ready for us to create our very first lapbook.

I decided that butterflies would be a great topic and began scouring the internet for resources. I found a ton of them! Here is what Princess and I created.

I hope you enjoyed our first lapbook. We are looking forward to making A LOT more. Isn't this the perfect way to summarize what we've learned? They make wonderful keepsakes, too.