Baseball Lapbook-All pictures uploaded-completed

Finally!  I have finished the baseball lapbook.  I decided to put it on one of the Pear Educational Extended Bases, so I was able to create some booklets about the Detroit Tigers (our fav. team) to add since I really didn't have that many mini-booklets for the regular lapbook.  Buddy just needs to color the cover, fill in a couple things about the Tigers and it will be complete.  We learned more about baseball than what the lapbook holds [and that is OK-you do not need to lapbook every thing about the subject], esp. during this season with the Tigers making it to the playoffs [we watched them all].  I also helped write out a lot b/cuz my son gets overwhelmed with too much writing-and that is OK...he simply dictates to me  (CM style) and we don't fuss over who it is that is writing it.  As he gets older, he'll take on more of that himself (he is also dyslexic, so it is a struggle to get him to do a lot of it)-so don't feel your student has to do all the work themselves-half the fun is working together on it.

To create it:

I grabbed some Stampin'Up! stamps I have, used the basic color inks and added in dk. blue and orange stars in honor of the Tiger's colors.  I think it came out very nice.  He can go back and refer to this anytime he wishes and it is a great show piece too.

Enjoy.

Cover with the Pear Educational Adhesive strip there to place it in our 3 Ring Binder

The first fold-out view from opening the cover

 Opening up the flap with the copywork on it-you find this

Lifting up the Detroit Tiger's flap-this is the middle open section.

Above the diamond section is where the D.T. info is.  

Underside of the Tigers flap
I created the flap book to hold several famous Tiger players and a pic of Sparky Anderson.
The History denotes when they began, how many World Series they have played, how many Pennants they have won and how many Central Division Titles too.  Also notes their team colors.  You can easily create this for your favorite team.  Wikipedia should have their away/home game uniforms to copy too.

Helpful Hint:

I almost always back my booklets in a darker, matching color of construction paper.  It simply makes everything easier to find/stand out on the lapbook.  I cannot stress this enough-by taking the time to do this simple application [of layering]-the lapbook will come out so much nicer. The child (and you) works so hard to create this, why not display it in a professional manner?  

Resources:

Baseball Lapbook (major components)

Coloring Pages on Baseball

(there are others, I just Googled free coloring sheets and went thru the sites)

American League Team coloring pages

(they also have a National League page)

It would be easy to choose your child's favorite team and base the study around it.  I used Wikipedia for many of the players pics and built my own flap book for it.