During winter of 2007 we did some study of the Polar regions in our homeschool. I wish I had a photo to share of how comfortable we were, relaxing in beanbags or just laying on the floor in front of our very warm and cosy fireplace, as we pored over the many Junior Non-Fiction books we had spread out all over the carpet. We had such a delightful time learning about the Arctic & the Antarctic, gathering information and using post-it's to mark pages of information we wanted to use in our lapbooks.
In homeschool circles, Lapbooks are a well known and popular way of presenting information about a particular topic. The children become very creative making different types and shaped little booklets of various information, which are then glued into manilla folders. Because Polar Regions was our first lapbook, I gave a lot more help and direction than I would in future, but my goal was to inspire and demonstrate the possibilities - which are numerous! They really are lots of fun for the children to make, and both Sarah & Daniel have made others since.
One of the highlights was learning about Sir Ernest Shackleton on board the 'Endurance' and the challenges he and his crew experienced in the Antarctic. It is an almost unbelievable story of courage and unfailing spirit. We borrowed the just under 4hour BBC production from the Library, and watched it as a family one Saturday afternoon. Sarah and Daniel watched the entire show. I think having learnt this extraordinary true life story the previous week, helped in keeping them engaged (despite the length of the movie) and it just became all the more interesting. A few times we had to pause the movie because they were so excited about knowing what was going to happen next, and they wanted to impress Tony with their knowledge!
Here are some photos of Daniel's Polar Lapbook. Two blue manilla folders were glued back to back, and one side contained info about the Arctic, while the other side contained info on the Antarctic. Hope they are not too dark!
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