OK, so it took us about a month to complete, but it's done! I did all the cutting, the boys did the coloring, pasting, and narrating.
This is the cover of the lapbook (two file folders together). We cut an apple in half and dipped it in paint to decorate the cover. Then, 'A' made up the 'poem', with APPLE as the guide.
First inside flap. The boys learned 'apple fractions'. One apple equals one whoe, two halves, and four quarters. I also took a real apple and cut it into pieces to physically show this concept. It was great to see 'A' understand.
First large interior.
Left: “Did you know?”- We looked up apple facts and 'A' chose the three he liked the best. You open up the little cards:
1) Two pounds of apples make on 9-inch pie?
2)It takes about 36 apples to create one gallon of apple cider?
3) The five most populare apple sin the U.S. are Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Fuji, and Gala.
Upper Left: 'A' made a prediction that there would be 4 seeds inside an apple. We cut open an apple, dissected the core, and the results were that there were seven seeds in the apple.
Upper Middle: Johnny Appleseed. We looked up facts about Johnny Appleseed. In side the card, we wrote:
* Real name: John Chapman
*Born: September 26, 1774
*Died: March 18, 1845
*Birth place: Leominster, Mass.
*Known for: Planting many apple trees
Middle Middle:Apple Sayings. We recorded what the following sayings meant:
*An apple a day keeps the doctor away.-Apples are good for you and keep you healthy.
*The apple does not fall far from the tree.- Kids are like their parents.
*As Americna as apple pie.-Something that represents the ideals of America.
*An apple for the teacher.-A gift for the teacher, sometime to impress or bribe.
*The apple of my eye.-I love and adore you!
Lower Middle:Varieties of apples. We looked up the different apples and colored them accordingly. Pippin, Delicious, Jonathan, Rome, Macintosh, Winesap
Lower Right:Find the Apples Word Search. I had 'A' find the first three letters in the apple and I drew the line through the word.
Right: An Apple Tree through the Seasons. The boys colored the different stages of the tree through the four seasons. I also introduced them to the names of the seasons in Spanish.
Second large interior:
Left:Apple baskets. Both boys colore the apples and 'R' colored the baskets. I cut ou the apples and 'R' counted aout 4 and 5 apples to paste on the corresponding basket. 'A' did 6 and 7.
Apple Patterns. Inside, the boys colored the apples. 'A' then looked at the patterns and place the corresponding apple that completed that pattern.
Upper Middle:Mr. Applehead. We cut out four faces with different expressions and can interchange the faces (stored in the card pocket) on Mr. Applehead.
Middle Middle:My Apple Seed Counting Book. Counts seeds from 1-20. This book is small and the upper numbers are hard for them to track, since there are many small seeds all together. This will benefit them down the road, but not really now.
Lower Middle:Dot to Dot. Inside, 'A' completed a dot-to-dot (and apple tree). 'R' colored it.
Lower Right:This is a recap of the Minnea Farm Field Trip where we learned about making apple cider from an old press.
Back Flap:
I took pictures of the boys making homemade apple sauce, using apples from a friend's tree. I recorded the crockpot recipe on the recipe card. (3lb. apples, 1/2 c. brown sugar, 1t. cinnamon, crockpot on high 4 hours.)
The bottom jar graphic has 'A' narrating the event:
“Making applesauce. We first got the apples in the kitchen. Then, we mixed them up with cinnamon and brown salt (sugar). Then, we put it in the roast pot (crock pot.)
Back Cover:
Things we do with apples: 'A' narrated: apple pie, apple art, applesauce, apple cookies, apple cider
“From Seed to Apple”: This activity documents the different stages of an apple from seed to apple.
1) A seed is planted
2) It grows roots.
3)The seed sprouts.
4)It growns into a tree.
5)Flowers begin to blossom.
6)Apples are growing.
7)An apple at last. YUM!
Parts of an Apple: The boys were able to name the parts: leaf, stem, fruit, seed
Thanks for sharing the pictures! Great idea!