Our Under-the-Sea Lapbook Project

Morgan Academy has been hard at work for the past four and half months. Currently, we are studying swimming creatures of the fifth day using Apologia’s Junior Explorer Series. Since Jack is only five, I have tailored it to fit a kinder level. It is a great series and it works well for various ages. Overall, the content is easy to break down for younger students, it just needs a bit of tweaking for non-readers.

I thought it would be fun to put together a lapbook of under sea creatures while focusing on God’s word. Jack enjoyed this project, especially the puppets and making his own drawings of sea creatures.

Below is a quick look at this fun and simple project. You can easily tailor this project to your own home studies and various topics. Here are the materials we used:

Two file folders
Clear tape
Glue stick or glue
Print outs. coloring pages, etc. of your topic (we used these http://www.firstpalette.com/tool_box/printables/seaanimals.html)
Lined paper for copy work (if using)
Scrapbook or cardstock paper
Popsicle sticks (we used pieces of heavy, recycled paper)

First, we took the two file folders and taped them together to make a four sectioned, flat “book.”

We started working on our cover next – we used the left flap on the outside as our main cover.

Jack completed his copy work and we assembled the right side of the outside cover.

Our fourth step was working on the inside. I let him color, cut, draw, glue, and arrange things the way he wanted.

We decided it would be fun to add puppets to the front cover – so our fifth step was coloring, cutting, and assembling puppets.

We made an orange attachment to add to the front cover and tucked our puppets into the top. You could easily add whatever you wish to the front. We thought it would be a fun place to store our puppets.