A perfect book for my son; it’s about a boy who ventures into a dangerous jungle filled with wild animals to rescue a dragon!
First view of lapbook open. Two folders glued side by side. The first folder (on the left) has another folder glued in the middle that opens up.
First Folder
We didn’t follow the instructions (yes, the instructions I wrote!) for some of the minit books. We also didn’t do every minit book; there were just too many to choose from!
From the left side-
Seven Terrible Tigers Math Flap Book Opened
From the Center of the First Folder
Island Pop-up
Message in a bottle (to the cat)
Tiger Fact Wheel
From the Right Side of the First Folder
Lion Facts (this is an accordion; we used the ribbon to tie around it to keep it closed.)
For all the animal fact books (tortoises, fleas, lions, whales, rhinos, etc.), Elijah did some "research" and came back and reported to me with the facts he learned. I typed them up and he cut/pasted them to the minit books.
The center of the first folder opens up and has two large sections
Left Side
Right Side
Kindness Matchbook Opened
3/4 Book – you can see Elmer hiding! š
Elmer’s Knapsack
We used velcro to fasten and there are lots of pockets to store all his things in!
This is the second folder (the left side of the lapbook).
The dragon on the map opens up to explain the plight of the poor dragon on Wild Island.
Left Side of the Second Folder
Middle of the Second Folder
Map Opened (we simply made a photocopy from the back of the book)
Crossing the River Accordion
Right Side of the Second Folder
(Elijah is still working on his dragon adventure story!)
Here is the Flying Survey
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hello Ami,
how old was your son during this? do you think that my 4 yr old can do this? I am begining to plan my curriculum for 2013, and since he is only 4 Im not sure if this would work yet…
tnx, haydee
ha! never mind, I just saw it was 1st grade š
tnx. H.
Hi Ami,
Your lapbooks are absolutely incredible. I was on the site where you posted the lapbook templates for My Father’s Drgaon. I can download them but an unable to print them. Is there a trick to this or are they not available to print? I’m a teacher in a combined kinder/fist grad class at a private school in Cedar Crest, NM and am dying to do this activity with my kiddos. Any advise would be GREATLY appreciated.
I emailed you, Krysten! š
Hi, Ami!
We are reading My Father's Dragon, and I have everything set to get going with the lapbook with my kiddos…except I cannot figure out how to put the book together. I studied the video for the 2 file folders and that has worked fine. Where do I attach the third one? Thanks so much for such a great project!
Carla