Free Lapbooks and Free Templates

Where to buy Pre-made Lapbooks	Learn How to Lapbook
Live and Learn Press includes help videos	Lapbooking Yahoo! Group
	Lapbooking by Jimmie
Using In The Hands of a Child Lapbooks along with Five in a Row	Lapbooks with Older Children Yahoo! Group
	Lapbook Beginners Yahoo! Group

Free Lapbooks from Homeschool Share

TEMPLATES

Templates Listed by Divisions

Pockets Library Pocket Template Library Pockets (2 on one page) Bible Verse Pocket Pocket Book Homeschool Share Pocket (fits 4x6 cards) Cone Pocket Instructions from HSS Drinking Cup Instructions from HSS Circle Pockets by Wende Famous People Trading Cards & Pocket	Flap Books Flip Flap with 2 Flaps Flip Flap with 3 Flaps Flip Flap with 4 Flaps Flip Flap with 5 Flaps Two Flaps With Cover (vertical) Two Flaps With Cover (horizontal) Three Flaps With Cover (small) Three Flaps With Cover (large) Four Flaps With Cover Five Flaps With Cover Six Flaps With Cover	Simple Fold Rounded Rectangle (three styles) Rounded Rectangle Minis Hexagon (large) Hexagons (skinny) Hexagon Minis Octagon Octagon (skinny) Octagon Minis Open Book Shape
Matchbooks Matchbook- regular size Skinny Matchbooks Large Matchbook Mini Matchbooks Tri-fold Book (9) Mini Matchbooks Book (4 or 8) Rounded Matchbooks Compare & Contrast Matchbook Matchbook- Split	Accordion Books Octagon-shape (skinny) Octagon-shape (fat) Hexagon-shape Pentagon-shape Ticket-shape Rounded Rectangle (small) Rounded Rectangle (large) Triangle Accordion by Wende Person Accordion by Wende	Fan Books Book Log Fan by Wende Octagon-shape Fan (skinny) Octagon-shape Fan (fat) Pentagon-shape Fan Ticket-shape Fan Hexagon-shape Fan Flag-shape Fan
File Folders One Tab Shapes (staple) New Words (staple) Simple Fold Simple Fold (minis)	Petal Books Triangle Rectangle Pentagon Pentagon (2 on one page) Hexagon	Tab Books Tab Book (3 divisions ~ small) Top Tab Book (4 divisions) Top Tab Book (5 divisions) Side Tab Book (2 divisions) Side Tab Book (3 divisions) Six Tab Book
3/4 Books Small (horizontal) Large (vertical)	T-Books T-book 3 folds T-book 4 folds	Wheel Books Wheel Book (4 divisions) Wheel Book (8 divisions)
Side by Side Side by Side (3 books) Side by Side (4 books)	Shutterfold and Shutterflap Shutterfold Book Shutter Flap Book (4 areas) Shutter Flap Book (3 areas) Shutter Flap Book (6 areas) Who? Where? Why? When?	Vocabulary & Language Arts Books Vocabulary Book (12 flaps) File Folders New Words Pocket Plot Book Book Report Flap Book Book Log Fan by Wende
Graduated/Layer Books Graduated Book 5 sections plus cover Graduated Book 7 sections plus cover Graduated Book 3 sections (horizontal)	Shape Books Simple Pentagons (staple) Hexagons (staple) Cylinders (staple) Scrolls (staple) Clip-boards Flags	Envelope Books Envelope Book Plot Book
Misc. Books Twice Folded Sentence Strips 3 Circle Book Venn Diagram Flap Book Compressed Triangle by Wende Staggered Book by Wende	Tri-fold Simple Rounded Rectangle tri-fold Octagon tri-fold Hexagon tri-fold Ticket shape tri-fold Trapezoid tri-fold	Science Books Science Observation Flap Animal Form with Pocket Animal Mini Book by Susan Marie Animal Classification by Wende

Graphic Organizers	Instructions
Pie Graph 4 Divisions	Hot Dog Book Hot Dog Book
Pie Graph 8 Divisions	Circle (Pizza) Book
Life Cycle (4 parts)	Graduated Book Layered Book
Life Cycle (5 parts)	Flip Flap Book
Cycle (3 parts)	Double-Hinged Book
Cycle (4 parts)	Jacob's Ladder Book
Cycle (5 parts)	Accordion Book
Chart (3x3)	Index Card Book
Chart (3x4)	Flag Book
Chart (4x4)	Fact Flipper Book
Chart (5x5)	Easy Pop-ups
Venn Diagram	Various Books Explained
	Drinking Cup
	Flutter Book
	Shirt Book
	Cone Pocket

Story Summaries

Book Report Flap Book by Wende

Film Strip
print as many as you need; have your student draw pictures in sequence to summarize the story; tape the film strips together end to end; fold accordion style

Beginning, Middle, End

Plot Cards
cut out the cards; write the details from the story on the back of each card; make a pocket for them and include them in your lapbook

Elements of a Story Bookmarks
from FIAR Circle; write your answers on the appropriate bookmark; make a pocket for them and include them in your lapbook

Plot Triangle Minit Book

Storyboard

Story Summary Form
fold in thirds and place in a pocket in your lapbook

Five W's Form
who are the main characters? what happened? where did it happen? when did it happen? why did it happen?

Chain Reaction Cards

Clip-Art Galleries

Classroom Clip Art

Pics for Learning

Discovery School's Clip Art

Microsoft Clip Art Gallery

Wise Gorilla

Forestry Images

DK Clip Art

Map Clip Art from worldatlas.com

Homeschooling Mom shows off some lapbooks!

Templates Listed by Divisions

1 division Any Simple Fold Matchbook- regular size Skinny Matchbooks (only use one) Rounded Matchbooks (only use one) One Tab File Folder Any Special Shape Book	2 divisions Flip Flap with 2 Flaps Compare & Contrast Matchbook Side Tab Book (2 divisions) Shutterfold Book Twice Folded 3 Circle Book	3 divisions Tab Book (3 divisions ~ small) Flip Flap with 3 Flaps Any Tri-fold Book Triangle Petal Book Side by Side (3 books) Side Tab Book (3 divisions) Graduated Book (3 segments plus cover)Shutter Flap Book (3 areas)
4 divisions Flip Flap with 4 Flaps Envelope Book Shutter Flap Book Rectangle Petal Book Side by Side (4 books) Top Tab Book (4 divisions) Wheel Book (4 divisions) Mini Matchbooks Book (4 or 8) T-book 3 folds	5 divisions Flip Flap with 5 Flaps Any Fan Book Any Accordion Book Pentagon Petal Book File Folder Shapes (staple)Top Tab Book (5 divisions) T-book 4 folds	6 divisions Any Fan Book Any Accordion Book Hexagon Petal Book Flag Book Graduated Book (6 segments plus cover) Shutter Flap Book (6 areas) Six Tab Book
	8 divisions Any Fan Book Mini Matchbooks Book (4 or 8) Wheel Book (8 divisions) Any Stapled Shape Book	9 divisions Mini Matchbooks Tri-fold Book (9) Any Fan Book Mini Matchbooks Book (4 or 8) Any Stapled Shape Book

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