Free Lapbooks, Ideas, and Templates for Homeschoolers

If you're looking for free lapbooks, you've come to the right place! The idea of lapbooks is enticing, but coming up with the ideas is hard. That is why I rely on the creativity and expertise of others to help me and my children make them.

Hopefully if we make enough books we will someday get to the place where we can create our own with ease. Until then, we are going to need some more help, so I thought there might be others who feel the same way.

Free lapbooks and resources available on the Internet:

Apple lapbook you can print for free -http://www.liveandlearnpress.com/learnnfolders/apple.pdf

TONS of free lapbooks when you become a member of Lapbook Lessons -http://www.lapbooklessons.com/FreeLapbooks.html

Free holiday books plus lots of templates you can print off too. -http://www.homeschoolhelperonline.com/lapbooks.shtml

Thanksgiving lapbook resources all in one place -http://www.squidoo.com/thanksgivinglapbook

Kit download when you sign up for the newsletter Journey Through Learning at -http://www.ajourneythroughlearning.com/

CurrClick often has lapbook kits, templates and idea books for free. Even when their resources are not free, they are still very reasonably priced. Check CurrClick periodically and see the different free lapbooks that go on sale on a rotating basis.

Here are some instructions and templates that you can use once you get more familiar with how to make these books. Or maybe you're ready to venture out and try some books on your own. Here's how to get started:

Country study - basic things to include in your book -http://lapbooking.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/country-study2.pdf

Free templates and print outs to get you started. Plus you see pictures of various mini books that you can make. -http://www.notebookingpages.com/index.php?page=Free-Lapbooking-Templates-Mini-books-Cutouts

Lots of shape book patterns you can use when you create your own lapbooks. - http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/toc.html

Free shape books to print or make your own design and print. -http://abcteach.com/directory/shape_books/

Many people mention using homeschool share for their lapbook ideas. I looked over what they had and found it a bit confusing. Although I think once you make a few books of your own homeschool share could be a great resource for ideas of what kinds of books to make and what to include in each book.

The nice thing about using CurrClick and most of the resources mentioned here is that you receive the products immediately delivered to your computer. Then you can start using them right away.

I hope these are helpful to you. Let me know if you have any other ideas or know of any other free books that I can post here.