Review and Giveaway: Insects by Hands Of A Child

For the past month we've been reviewing Insects, a lapbook on Insects.
Vendor: In the Hands of A Child.
Product: Insects.
Price: Currently available for $9 (normally $15)
Geared for : K-6

What this is...

I started out homeschooling doing lapbooks.  I love scrapbooking and this seemed a natural fit for me.   What I quickly learned was that I very much DISLIKE making lapbooks using file folders.  Can't stand it.   So I decided as much as I like the concept of file folders doing them as such isn't a good fit.  Therefore, we make books on cardstock and normal paper.  We cut, we glue, we make up our own minds about where we want to put things, and we don't fiddle with creating elaborate lapbooks out of file folders.

What this means is we can add to our lapbooks as we gain new information OR as we find information that answers questions that the lapbook gives us, but doesn't answer as face it...you simply cannot answer every single question a child might have.   So I LOVE doing lapbooks my own way.  :)

This lapbook is designed by In the Hands of a Child.   I must say, of all the companies I have used for doing lapbooks this company is one of my favourites.  They do a thorough job.  Their lapbooking elements fit well with the material taught, and they tell me how to make the different elements.  Most can be figured out, but some... well... take some teaching. :)

This lapbook  covers the anatomy of an insect, type of insects, vocabulary, habitats, hibernation and migration and so much more. 

Insect we found, we wonder what type of moth or butterfly it will become.

Things I wish were different

I wish the lapbooking elements were placed throughout the book rather than all at the end.  I find myself needing to flip pages as I've printed off the elements I need but not the directions.  If the elements were within the study it would make it easier to simply proceed through the instruction part in an orderly fashion.

My Opinion

I like this insect study.  It is quite a good one.

I really appreciate how they give options with the unit for making the lapbooking elements age appropriate...cut and paste for children, or write in the answer, or do a simple copy over words.    Means if I had more than one child I could do this with all of them with little extra effort on my part.

I have to admit, we haven't quite finished it, we are having fun doing it and making little side trips into....I wonder about (today it was antennae, how do they help tell temperature differences) so we've been looking that up and learning more.

I love materials that not only answer lots of questions, but also encourage lots of questions that require further study.   This unit does exactly that.

I recommend you get if you have someone in your household interested in insects.   :)

carefully watching the caterpillar. Note: we brought home some moss from our insect walk to help encourage more insects into our backyard. Moss brings in small and tiny insects which my son just loves to observe.

My Son's Opinion

I like this study mom, but there is SO much gluing.
Can we do less gluing?
But I like it!   I didn't know that flies and bees were different kinds of insects.

Disclosure

I was offered a free unit in exchange for my fair and honest review.   I was not forced to have a good opinion, just merely to tell you what I thought. 

The Giveaway Portion

You too can do this study!  Woot woot!   I've got permission to do a giveaway.  :)     To get your very own copy of this study enter my giveaway and see what happens.

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