Ping and Beans

Beans finished his “The Story About Ping” lapbook this week. This is an adorable book about a little duck who decides that spending the night alone is better than receiving a swat on the back. Of course, you can guess the outcome of his situation and the happiness that is restored when Ping finds his way back home. I encourage anyone with a Pre-k or kindergartener to read this book to their child. And if you have a mind to, why not create your own Ping lapbook. I got mine from In the Hands of a Child – the ebook version. They also offer their lapbooks in cd and spiral bound form.

Here are some highlights of the Ping lapbook:

This is the entire thing all opened up. We would read the book and then work on a couple of the activities each day.

 

HoaC creates THE BEST lapbooks. This little foldable is a perfect example of the creativity and thoughtfulness they put into making lapbooks. Here you can see Ping is attached with a brad allowing you to make him ‘dive’ for his dinner.

 

 

 

Beans learned alot about the Yangtze river from this lapbook – we listed the common local names in this banner foldable.

While I read the story – somedays Beans would sit with me and follow along and other times he would color on the projects such as this boat that houses Ping & his family.

 

Currently we are reading “The House at Pooh Corner” and I have no plans to start a lapbook for it. But pretty soon we will read “My Father’s Dragon” and I am definitely planning for this one! We will probably use materials from Homeschoolshare. This book is perfect for a lapbook and a hoot for a read. My oldest two loved this story.

Until then,

Sara O’