Andrea's First Lapbook

These are the pictures of Andrea’s first lapbook. It’s about the Independence Day of Indonesia. We are going to celebrate it on August 17. Dea has never made a lapbook before. So I searched the web and found some sites that are very helpful. These sites let us download the lapbook templates and also show some samples. I got all the templates here.

Okay, first, of course I gathered all the information that we want to put in the lapbook. Since Dea is still Grade 1, I limit the information to the basics only… answering the question of who, what, when, why, and how.

The preparation...

Dea is adding some information about the pictures

More information...

Mini matchbook

Writing the title of her lapbook

The front look

The inside look

I told her the story behind our country’s independence day and that it’s been 65 years now. Then, she wrote down the information under the pictures that we cut, and glued them on the board. We used 3 pcs of folio cardstock. Here's the closer look on the inside:

The first page: Where in the world is Indonesia?; Flag of Indonesia; and National Anthem

National Anthem: Indonesia Raya (score and lyric)

The second page: Important people; the pictures of the Independence Day; Teks Proklamasi; and when it happened

The important people of the Independence Day: Bung Karno & Bung Hatta

Picture of the actual event

The original text of the Independence Declaration (still in handwriting form)

Independence Day of Indonesia: August 17, 1945

The last part of the lapbook: Indonesia now and how people celebrate; How old is Indonesia

Indonesia today...

How people celebrate the day... with fun traditional games...

The front cover

Dea is very proud of her work, even thought it's just writing, cutting and gluing...I asked her to do a "little" presentation of her lapbook, to narrate back what she knows about our country's independence day. Oh,I'm so proud of her.