The kids just love lapbooking

Because we are in the middle of a big move (moving twice within 2 months) and one is an intentional move. I though I would scale down on lapbooks. But the kids insisted that we do more, so here is the latest one.
We did the book the very hungry Caterpillar (In Afrikaans) For Jac just the book was sufficient, but I had to do some extra work for the other two.  

We are nearly finished with Grade 1 and I have started Grade R with Jac.  Zane takes a little bit longer so we are working very hard to finish Grade 4 Afrikaans and English and Grade 3 maths. We will be working hard to get all his subjects on the same level.


We will be moving to Macedonia in the beginning of December and I am not sure what I will be doing then, Maybe start language learning and just working on the basic homeschooling needs. It is a new country and new people so let's see what the future holds.

Here is:

The very Hungry caterpillar

The cover for the lapbooks

Live cycle

The extended life cycle with a oreo as a cocoon and a cupcake butterfly

Jac's version of the life cycle

Jac made flowers, caterpillars and butterfly garden

Jac's Lapbook

Neo-Rie had some added healthy and unhealthy food

She also had some copy work

Neo-Rie's version of the Caterpillar

Her butterfly garden and habitat of butterflies

Zane had to explain the balancing butterfly experiment

His butterfly garden and anatomy of the the butterfly

Booklets made about everything the caterpillar ate - sequencing for Jac

Everyone also made a long caterpillar

 It was fun to make these lapbooks!  the kids enjoyed it and so did I.

Jock of the Bushveld

Our last lapbook for a while

I decided to do Jock again with them since we are living exactly where he walked and hunted.  The kids are also older now and can appreciate it more. I wish I could take the kids to see all the monuments and stuff. Hopefully before we leave the Lowveld we will take a "Jock trip".

This will also be our last lapbook for this year (I think) we are in transition again soon and I need to start packing up and thinking what goes with us to Macedonia as we hope to leave sometime November for a couple of months.

The books Jac has finished the past 2 years.

The books we used for Jock

We did our last little footprints for a while, our next curriculum will, if all goes well be delivered to Macedonia. We loved the "Little Footprints" and will do it again in a year or so.

It is actually sad thinking of leaving all these books in South Africa when we go - but I will see you soon again, I hope.

The map of South Africa and the gooks we did this year so far.  Little Footprints combined with My Father's World Kindergarten curriculum.

These are all the things Jac did.  the map of South Africa with all the nine provinces and the trek that Jock made.  We also talked about the difference between a Croc and an alligator.
We did some footprints of different animals (spoorsny). We talked about the Gold-rush and the mines and all the animals that is in the story

• Wild dogs
• Baboons
• Crocodiles
• Kudu
• Leopard
• Buffalo
• Porcupines

Neo-Rie did some extra work about the Shangaan (Tsonga) people and the Grey Loerie or the "Go away" bird as it is sometimes called.  Our friend's dog also has puppies so this was an extra surprise and one that she enjoys tremendously. Visiting the mom and pups whenever she can.

Jac and Neo-Rie with the new born puppies!

We also talked about directions. What do you do if you get lost, and how to make a magnet into a compass.  Also if you get lost in the Southern Hemisphere how can you find your way again.  

Magnetism lessons from Dad

Cool - showing the poles on the magnet

Just playing with the shredded steel

Showing the pull of the magnet

This is where North is?  I thought it was the other way!

Jac reading a book.

Zane also did some extra work, he had to  write about the Shangaan people and who they are and where they came from.

Zane really drew a nice porcupine!

We talked about obedience and about outer appearance.