The Amazing List of Lapbooking Ideas

Lapbooking for homeschoolers has been one of the single best ways to teach concepts, make learning fun, and allow kids to learn according to their own unique learning styles. It’s also a method that can make homeschooling multiple children much easier and less overwhelming. If you’ve never heard about lapbooking, then check out my post Using Lapbooks in Your Homeschool.

If you are familiar with lapbooking but are looking for some lapbooking ideas, then I have you covered! Below you’ll find a list of subjects followed by concept ideas you can use to create (or find) resources for. This is The Amazing List of Lapbooking Ideas.

The Amazing List of Lapbooking Ideas

Keep in mind that this method is a low-cost and easy-planning way to teach a variety of things to your homeschooled children. If you know you’ll use lapbook often, go ahead and create a lapbooking supply bin and keep related materials in it. In most cases all you’ll need are manilla folders, scissors, glue, tape, crayons, and/or coloring pencils.

History Lapbook Ideas

History can be a hit or miss with kids (and parents). Creating history-themed lapbooks can make learning about times of the past much more exciting. Here are some great history concepts to create lapbooks for:

George Washington
World War I
World War II
The Civil War
The Revolutionary War
Ice Age
Ancient Greece
Ancient Rome
The Oregon Trail
Great Depression
Christopher Columbus
Reformation (and Martin Luther)
Medieval
Native American

Math Lapbook Ideas

Math is probably another one of the least liked subjects for kids (and parents). To help make learning math concepts much easier, lapbooks to the rescue! From preschool to high school, the possibilities are almost endless in the subject area. Here are the most commonly create lapbooks for math:

Number Recognition

Shapes
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Fractions
Roman Numerals
Money
Measuring

Science Lapbook Ideas

Learning about the different kinds of science can get overwhelming, which is where lapbooks can be used to help things make sense. From earth science to the periodic table, these science lapbook ideas will make science fun:

Periodic Table
Solar System
Properties of Matter
Space Shuttle
Classification of Living Things
Habitats
Atoms and Molecules
Weather
Rocks
Types of Force
Scientific Method
Stars
Planets
Atmosphere
Clouds
Human Body
Anatomy
Muscular System

Literature Lapbook Ideas

Put a twist on learning poem types, different paper types, or help your children remember parts of a story with literature lapbooks. These can be used to aid in writing reports, doing a show-and-tell, or for keepsake purposes. Here are some awesome literature lapbook ideas:

Laura Ingalls Wilder
Little House on the Prairie Series
Stone Soup
The Boxcar Children
Tuck Everlasting
Moby Dick
James and the Giant Peach
Charlotte’s Web
Mrs. Piggle Wiggle

Language Arts Lapbook Ideas

Learning how to read and write can be a difficult process for some kids. Incorporating lapbooks can help them see a concept clearly and memorize its meaning. These are some of the best lapbooks to create to help with language arts concepts:

Sentence Structure
Parts of Speech
Folk Tales
Biographies
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Poem Types
Grammar
Suffix
Prefix
Punctuation Marks

Geography Lapbook Ideas

Learning about the world around us can be fun as it is, so why not add creating a cool lapbook to the lesson plan? Here are some lapbook ideas for teaching geography concepts:

Maps
Compass Rose
Directions
Neighborhoods
Cities
States
Countries
Landforms

Nature Study Lapbook Ideas

Taking nature walks and keeping nature journals are two other methods on the rise in the homeschooling community, and rightfully so. The great outdoors has always been a great classroom for kids to explore and learn about how things work. Here are some nature study lapbook ideas to consider using in your homeschool:

Leaf identification
Tree identification
Flowers
Insects
Bugs
Wild animals
Foraging
Gardening

Animal Lapbook Ideas

Learning about animals is fun, but keeping up with where they live, what they eat, how they’ve evolved and so on can be a lot to learn. Keeping this information in a lapbook can make it both fun and memorable. These are some must-do lapbooks when learning about animals:

Arctic animals
Ocean animals
Land animals
Desert Animals
Animal Habitats
Animal Life Cycles

Where to Find Lapbook Resources

There are many ways to find (free) lapbook resources. Here are a few places to check, and remember to be specific with subject or concept type:

This Amazing List of Lapbooking Ideas has enough ideas to help you plan a year’s worth of lapbooking activities for any subject you’ll be covering! Always remember to plan first and execute second. By keeping an organized space for all things lapbooking related, you’ll be ready to add these to your lessons plans easily and effectively.

I’d love to hear from you! Do you use lapbooking in your homeschool? Let me know in the comments below!