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A HOOT OF A TIME Owls Lapbook!

We certainly had a HOOT OF A TIME learning about Owls in the Preschool Learning Corner with many of our favorite Owl Books, the first and foremost being OWL MOON, by Jane Yolen, it is truly enchanting with superior illustrations.  That said, let me speak no further and show you our Lapbook that was the result of our learning together!

(Front Cover:  Sawhet Owl, printing by Seamus himself)

 

(Open:  Center is a Narration Seamus gave me and a drawing of the owl in Owl Moon)

 

(Center Page turned over:  Owl Moon forest watercolor)

 

( Center of Lapbook:  Color Copies of Seamus's 2nd favorite Owl book, Owl Lake, by Tejima.  He chose the picture of the father owl catching a trout for dinner.  Very cool woodcut illustrations in this picture book!) (Below:  Seamus's Phases of the Moon book.  He colored each of the eight panels of Phases with a light yellow colored pencil from New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Last Quarter, Waning Crescent).

(Here is the Phases book partially opened, it is attached to the Lapbook with clear packing tape)

(Left panel:  Six Laminated Owl Life Cycle Matching Cards following our book Egg to Bird (Cycle of Life by Carolyn Scrace)

 

(Right panel:  The Matching Pairs w/out Word Clues)

 

(Lapbook Back:  Poem from Animals Animals by Eric Carle that Seamus memorized! His moon drawing)

 

(Back panel opens in a tri-fold, life-size color copy of a Great Horned Owl from the picture book, All About Owls, by Jim Arnosky, labeled by Seamus)

 

(Loose item:  Owl Lacing card, Seamus colored this from his favorite Alex Coloring book, we laminated it and punched holes for a lacing card!)

 

This was such an enjoyable Unit for all of us.  Owls are probably our most favorite and mysterious bird of prey to study and we will no doubt return to another study again next year!  Let us know what you think about all our work!

Thanks so much for stopping by and May God Bless you in your day!

Tiger Lapbook in the Preschool Corner

We have come to the end of our totally fun and engaging Tiger Unit Study and I helped Seamus put the finishing touches on his very first lapbook!!  He was thrilled to see all his "work" come together and has enjoyed showing his special book to everyone who will look at it with him!!  He thought of how he wanted to display all his hard work and for a four year old, I thought he did a fine job!  Enjoy!

Here is the cover of the lapbook, a standard size file folder that we glued black construction paper that Seamus painted with tiger stripes.

The circle book on the front cover has our title question attached and when turned it reveals the answer.  When the circle book is turned it reveals other animals Seamus picked that also have stripes that help to camoflauge them in their natural habitats.

When the lapbook is opened fully, it reveals the Big Cats matching game!  This was alot of fun and Seamus has got his big cats down pat!  He cut out and glued each cat and it's match on the designated card for me to tape into the book, he was very patient!

This is the back cover of the lapbook and again we covered it with the tiger striped construction paper.  These are his favorite tiger pictures from our study, if you can see on the middle tiger he chose to give him orange socks rather than color the whole tiger in.  The bottom one was chosen for its fierceness!

This is underneath the back cover flap, we couldn't resist this big guy, what a beautiful picture and so close!

This is on the lifted flap and Seamus really liked to have me read the "Facts" to him so he can tell me about them afterwards, hmm, narration in the making!

I hope you enjoyed our tour of Tigers through the Preschool Corner, we sure had fun!  Thanks for stopping by!