Acacia in the Desert

January 11, 2012

Noah Book Bag

Target Age
Kindergarten

Contents
All items placed in a 12 x 12 inch tote

Explanation
I got the idea for a Bible book bag from the literacy bags that are sometimes used as homework by schools.  When selecting the books in this bag, a main concern was that illustrations of the ark were realistically proportional to the animals.  I didn’t want a cartoonish ark to give the idea that this was a fictitious story.

October 17, 2011

Noah Accordion

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Target Age
Kindergarten-1st

Materials
See 9 Items for Lapbooking for more information.

  • 12 x 12 sheet of patterned paper cut into 4 long sheets of 12 by 3 inches
  • Colored pencils

Prep Work
None

Activity Description
Reviewed the Noah story, and instructed kids to draw what happened in the story on the paper.  Encouraged them to draw what happened first on the left side, and what happened next in the middle, and so on.

Afterwards
I folded the paper accordion style, and decorated the cover.

Field Report
Easy to do.  Most kids struggled with the idea of drawing separate scenes of the Noah story, and instead drew one large one.  I had to help a couple of them with ideas for what to draw.

Storage
I wrote each kid’s name on an index card, and stuck it inside a ziploc sandwich bag.  Throughout the two months we worked on this project, the books went into the bags and came home with me each week.

Final Result
I spent a weekend gluing the books the kids had made into manila folders, and gave them to the kids on Sunday.  For the kids who only attended a few Sundays, I used Lifeway provided materials to fill in around the edges.  Here’s one final result that showcases the Noah Accordion.

 

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