How long does it take to make a lapbook?
I hope that this answer won’t disappoint you. I know that I hate it when people answer my question with “It depends.” But really that’s the answer here! Some people are as Junie B. Jones says, “speedy quick” and can make one single day’s time. Others are of the “slow and steady wins the race” style and take months to plod through the process. But a more common time frame is probably two to three weeks. If you make one to two minibooks each day for ten to twelve days of school, you’ve got enough for a well filled lapbook. This time frame works well with a topic such as penguins, pandas, frogs, Chinese New Year, or Thanksgiving. However, if your topic of study is scheduled for five weeks, you may need that entire time frame to make your lapbook. Historical time periods or cultures come to mind here — Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, or the Vikings. Also a longer unit of study in science may require more time, for example, space or the human body. Believe it or not, a lapbook could even ta
