I wanted to re-cap this whole school scrapbook project and give you an overview of the concept and the layouts.
- This is not a product I sell. I’ve just been sharing the files all school year, one month at a time, here on my blog. If you want to obtain those files for future use, do a search for school layout and you should be able to find them. (See the right side of my blog for the search field.)
- It’s a super-duper simple format that is easy for young children to do. I wanted their creativity to shine in the art and handwriting, not the scrapbooking supplies or techniques.
- Porter’s teacher and I came up with a theme for each month and that’s how I determined which pictures I would take. They were: first day of school, centers, library, recess, lunch, computer lab, classroom party, field day, class play, and friends.
- Doing this project with the kids gave me an opportunity to be in Porter’s classroom at least twice a month. Once to take the pictures and once to scrapbook with them. At this age, he still thinks it’s cool when mom comes into the classroom. I’m totally taking advantage of this sweet attitude before it changes. : )
- I prepped everything ahead of time. When I went in to scrapbook with the kids I gave each child their pictures and page elements all ready in their individual baggies.
- The end result is a scrapbook that shows the child’s growth in a school year. It’s a wonderful little keepsake that will showcase their art, their improving writing skills, and of course pictures and memories from the school year.
Tags: kids, personal yearbook, school
I love your pages! When my son was in Kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd, I worked with each of his teachers to make EACH kid in his class a scrapbook. Yep! Crazy, right? I made 26 the first year, 24 the second and 23 the third. Not to mention, one for each teacher, too! It was so rewarding. I loved it and the parents loved it when we presented it at the end of the year to them. Congratulations!!!!
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This is great..I am hoping to do one for my son next year. What type of folder and paper did you use? I want to be all set for the first day of school in August! Thanks !
Becky I love this book. I am going to do it with my daughter when she gets in kindergarten. What a great idea. :0)
Thank you, Becky for sharing your pages with us all year. My 3rd graders have LOVED doing it. Each month when I get out the books to put the new pages in, it has been so fun to hear them comment about how much they have grown and changed. I can’t wait to hear what the parents say about them when I send them home next week. Thank you, thank you, thank you! This is just the project I needed for the year with my 3rd graders. Lisa
Thank you so much for this. I am totally hoping to do it next year with my daughter’s first-grade class. Didn’t get it together in time for kindergarten, but I LOVE the idea!
This is such an adorable idea Becky! I have done scrapbooks for many years but they have been just gifts for the teachers at the end of the year. I never thought of working with the kids throughout the year to make one that each of them could take home. My youngest goes into first grade next year and I’m going to talk to his teacher to see if it would be possible to do this with the class.
I was looking through the files & layouts you posted (thank you so much for sharing them!) and the link to October doesn’t connect. Is it possible for the October layouts & files to be posted again?
What a CUTE project! I am thinking I’ll try this out for my kindergarteners next year!
This has been such a wonderful idea Becky! My year 2 students (7-8 yo) here in Australia are creating their own scrapbooks based on yours but naturally altered for our different year level and curriculum. They are loving it! We have just finished our 4th month given our school year starts very late in January. Thanks again for your inspiration.
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Love this so much!
I wish you also made pages for June & July too for those of us not in the US and have kids that go to school in those months.
I can hardly wait until your school project is released
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