Here are some pictures of Allie with her lapbook/scrapbook. (See how proud she is?) Most printouts come from the downloads listed in the last entry; she's added stickers, drawings, and photos of her favorite lessons horses throughout the book. I really like her drawings that she's labeled for our anatomy studies.
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| Anatomy, face markings, more anatomy (head) |
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| Horse color + markings, diet, life cycle |
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| Vocabulary (This will eventually cover several pages) |
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| Quarter Horse breed study |
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| Well-known breeds, colors of horses we know, Appaloosa breed study |
Again, I really love doing these projects with the kids, and I can't go on enough about how super effective they are. My oldest son is more of a scientist and doesn't care much about getting creative and carefree with his books, but he loves adding information and organizing it. My girls love the drawing and decorating aspect. All three of them are learning. It's all-around awesome.
Remember: more personal additions make it more special to the child. Encourage them to draw, add a story, write about their personal experiences, tell about their favorite horse(s.) Take them out and let them take pictures of their horse or lesson horse and add those to the book, too. (This is fantastic...your child can pick their favorite photo that they took and enter it in the 4H Horse Photography competition!) Tape in awards, certificates, or souvenirs from shows. Find stamps, postcards, vintage ephemera, or coins with horses. There are so many possibilities.
I can't wait to see what the other 4H kids in our group do with their books...it's going to be a fun year!
