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Monday, February 11, 2019

What is Binder-Booking

I am visiting back in my past posts for this one.

We have all heard of notebooking and lapbooking but have you heard of binderbooking? This is actually my generic creation of lapbooking, copywork and notebooking with a few unit studies put together in a med to large binder book. I came up with this idea years ago when I first started homeschooling our oldest daughter, (now graduated). 

In early Spring around our area, the start of the Civil War period festivities kick off. We have craft fairs in different counties that start along with the various Civil War reenactments that begin. During the festivities, there are various locations through out our state that take us back to the days of the civil war. There are many kinds of booths set up to teach children about the war and the many other things of that time frame. So since we were going to get involved in much of the hands on learning going on I figured why not build a binder to track our lessons.

The festivities included:
  • Morris Code
  • Civil Rights
  • Important people of that era
  • How the war started
  • Slavery, The Underground Railroad
  • Womens Rights
  • The President 
  • Important speeches and locations
  • Learning important tools and weapons and why they were needed
  • Cooking recipes from that time-frame and more...
So as all of the festivities began we followed the civil war days with each event. We used lapbooking for various subjects, mini lessons and a few unit lessons. We also used notebooking to work on penmenship and memorization. There were a few hands-on lessons or experiments that we also did outside the home. We took pictures but I forgot to add them to our book. They are on my computer somewhere in time. whoops!
 
Binderbooking is a great way to incorporate with hands-on learning. It does not have to be in depth but it includes various lessons in with or focused around the topic you choose. We chose Civil War days for our first one. So we worked on mini lessons that focused around the civil war days. We have a local pioneer museum near by that focuses a lot on Civil War days and things of that time frame. We enjoy incorporating hands on learning by visiting the museum during the festivities and watching some lessons come to life. This is also where some experiments take place since they have the booths there and the tools to teach.
 
Lapbooks are a great part of binderbooking. Lapbooks focus on keeping the kids involved while learning. They are researching, cutting, coloring, writing and pasting much of the time. If you are looking for something hands on to incorporate at various times in school, you want to check out lapbooking. Using a binderbook is a great way to keep your lapbooks all together. There are many free locations on the web for lapbooks but I enjoy homeschoolshare.
 
Notebooking and copywork are also great to incorporate in binderbooking because you are encouraging writing and memorization of what they are writing. They are both great resources that encourage and improve penmanship. I like the site NotebookingPages because it is loaded with all kinds of pages or minibooks that I can incorporate with typically any subject. Hubbardscupboard is one of many sites we use for copyworking. 

Binderbooking and lapbooking is a great way to encouage your child to be creative with the presentation of their work. Let them decide how they want their binderbook or lapbook to look.
 

What do you need for a binderbook?
  • Depending on the topic you choose and how much you include in your binder book will determine the size and how thick of a binder you will need.
  • Page cover inserts
  • Lapbook material: manilla folders, lapbook lessons, scissors and glue
  • 3 ring hole puncher (to punch holes in lapbook folders)
  • Noptebook, Copywork and mini-book pages
  • pictures documenting experiments or any outings
  • your childs crafts
 
(I will add a picture of our binderbook here in the am, my computer is being a thorn).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    

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