Monday, June 17, 2013

Mr. Popper's Penguins Literature Study

 

Last month we read Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard and Florence Atwater.  We had just wrapped up a study on Antarctica and this book was the perfect culminating activity!  And, of course, we planned to watch the movie upon completion of the book - which everyone was looking forward to, even though we had seen it before. 

Erica at Confessions of a Homeschooler has put together several Literature Study lapbooks.  And Mr. Popper's Penguins just happened to be one of them!  So, I thought we would try our hand at some lapbooking!


The kids thoroughly enjoyed the book!  Begging for "just one more chapter!"  And the lit study was a great addition.  We did one lapbook together, with each of the kids working on a different element.  I love the way it turned out!


I bought my lapbooks premade from Pear Educational Products.  I love them! 
No folding and gluing to transform a file folder into a lapbook.  This one is ready to go!  Plus, they have these fabulous adhesive strips with 3 holes punched in them for storing your finished lapbooks in a 3-ring binder.  How great is that?!  One quick step and our lapbook is stored neatly in a binder!  You can see our completed lapbook with the binder strip attached in our 3 ring binder below. 

 
Included in the literature study from Confession of a Homeschooler is a great cover sheet for our binder.  This gives me a little incentive to fill our binder with many more lapbooks! 
 
Now...it's movie time!!!

 
 
 

2 comments:

  1. What a fun learning experience. I wish the movie had been more like the book. It was still cute though.

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    1. We were able to have some great compare and contrast discussions about the book and the movie!

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