Lenten lapbooks

On the first Sunday of Lent, we put together Lenten lapbooks. We had ordered A Lenten Calendar for Children from Emmanuel Books for Katie, Joseph, and Matthew.


Matthew wanted to hang his calendar up in the dining room,


but Katie and Joseph thought making a Lenten lapbook to hold the calendar, the path poster, and some devotional items would be a good project to begin the season. Japanese paper size is different from American, but we couldn't find purple file folders (or any file folders, for that matter) at the bookstore on base, so I purchased purple pocket folders there instead.

Then I downloaded a miniature, accordion-fold Stations of the Cross booklet (ht: Homeschool Goodies) and printed one each.


All three children worked meditatively on these for quite some time.

Matthew, at five, needed to come back to the work the next day, but he was enthusiastic about the project. He didn't forget it, but got started again right after breakfast on Monday.

The older children added a page to make room for the poster.

We have several high-quality, Catholic coloring books, from which they colored and cut out pictures for their front covers.


Then they used the pockets to hold the stickers for the pathway. Katie made a pocket to hold her mini Stations of the Cross booklet.


Joseph divided one pocket into two and labeled them with gold glitter.


Nice work everyone!




N.B.:
By the end of the second week of Lent, Joseph decided that he would remember to mark his calendar better if he hung it up next to Matthew's. So that's what he did on Friday.

It's working fine for him now.