We have had a lot of fun doing our Stone Soup Unit with our first (of what I hope to be many) lap book!

Mr. T has learned all sorts of new things! We made Stone Soup for supper one night and acted out the story with his ImagiNext Eagle Talon Castle. I even let him play with a sword we made from toilet paper rolls and a construction paper pad backing. We have to go flimsy on anything that could be used against Mr. F. The awesome *free* lap book pieces came from Lapbook Lessons. We just printed and colored and glued. Here are some pictures of our unit fun!

 

Our three weary soldiers

Allowing toddlers and pre-readers to have hands-on experience with the story is a great way to increase comprehension. Years after the original post (Mr. T is nearly 6!), we now have many wonderful puppets, cardboard box imagination stations, and activities we use to make our literature very hands on.

Making plastic stone soup

 

Our three clean stones for the crock pot

 

Browning onions and beef

 

We used kale instead of cabbage

 

 

Chopping potatoes with his favorite chopper

 

Love the glue stick!

 

Our finished Stone Soup. It was delicious.

 

 

 

The inside of our lapbook.

I can’t wait to do more fun lap books, and now that we have done one, I think the next unit will have a lot more fun things in the lap book itself. Do you have a great resource you’d like to share? We’d love to have a few more.

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