"Books of Remembrance"
Greetings from Me and My House,
You've probably heard of these by another name - lapbooks. Or perhaps shutterbooks. They are made up of little booklets, sometimes called minit-books or book folds. We began making them many years ago. But like many good things they sometimes got brushed aside, and we needed "reawakened" to them and their joys.
In Exodus 17:14 God tells Moses to write a book of remembrance and to tell it to another; "Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua." Journaling is a big part of Lifestyle Education through Disicpleship. We teach our children to journal their learning, not only for their own benefit but also as a "text" that they can teach others from, patterning off of this Scripture. This too is how we learn to teach.
But sometimes plain old Journaling in our Notebooks can become kind of mundane. We begin to lose our joy in it. We forget the creativity God has placed in us. Sometimes we lose sight of the Wisdom seen in the "Big Picture". That's the time to remember to pull out our colored papers and colored folders, some sissors and glue, and make those "Books of Remembrance" something to really remember.
"Books of Remembrance" are the best, primary method of Journaling/Notebooking for our younger children. Our youth still enjoy it and can use it as much as they'd like also. These truly are books that help them remember what they have learned.
Just what is a "Book of Remembrance" (or lapbook)? It is several small uniquely cut and folded booklets, made from colored paper, containing the things we've learned - one thing per mini-book, attached to a shutterfolded file folder (preferably colored :-) Dinah Zike has written the definitive book for making the little books. It's called "The Big Book of Books".
Well, with that introduction, I close for tonight. I have much more to share with you on this topic. But it will have to be on another day. I hope I've at least inspired you to check this out further.
At Jesus' feet,
Lisa @Me and My House
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and There
Order Christian and Home Ed Resources Here
You've probably heard of these by another name - lapbooks. Or perhaps shutterbooks. They are made up of little booklets, sometimes called minit-books or book folds. We began making them many years ago. But like many good things they sometimes got brushed aside, and we needed "reawakened" to them and their joys.
In Exodus 17:14 God tells Moses to write a book of remembrance and to tell it to another; "Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua." Journaling is a big part of Lifestyle Education through Disicpleship. We teach our children to journal their learning, not only for their own benefit but also as a "text" that they can teach others from, patterning off of this Scripture. This too is how we learn to teach.
But sometimes plain old Journaling in our Notebooks can become kind of mundane. We begin to lose our joy in it. We forget the creativity God has placed in us. Sometimes we lose sight of the Wisdom seen in the "Big Picture". That's the time to remember to pull out our colored papers and colored folders, some sissors and glue, and make those "Books of Remembrance" something to really remember.
"Books of Remembrance" are the best, primary method of Journaling/Notebooking for our younger children. Our youth still enjoy it and can use it as much as they'd like also. These truly are books that help them remember what they have learned.
Just what is a "Book of Remembrance" (or lapbook)? It is several small uniquely cut and folded booklets, made from colored paper, containing the things we've learned - one thing per mini-book, attached to a shutterfolded file folder (preferably colored :-) Dinah Zike has written the definitive book for making the little books. It's called "The Big Book of Books".
Well, with that introduction, I close for tonight. I have much more to share with you on this topic. But it will have to be on another day. I hope I've at least inspired you to check this out further.
At Jesus' feet,
Lisa @Me and My House
Blogging Here
and There
Order Christian and Home Ed Resources Here
posted by Lisa @Me and My House @ 11/08/2006 01:19:00 AM
1 Comments:
At 10:27 AM,
javamamma said…
When do we hear about the cool prize-trip? :o)
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