One of my first mini-homeschooling lessons with Luke turned into a labor of love. The objective was to have him create his first book, the intention was to send it to Pax as a "hope you feel better" surprise while he was in the rehabilitation center.
Our first task was to decorate the pages of the book. He used stickers, crayons, glitter, markers and we worked on one page each day for almost two weeks. He then looked online at our pictures and choose his favorites, which we ordered. Each page then came to life, as he cut and glued the pictures into the book. Then came binding the book, he learned how to use a hole punch and tie a bow to fasten it all together. During our readings that week I really tried to focus on a few things~ how each book has a title and an author, how the pages are numbered and how the words put together a story. When we sat down to discuss a title, I asked him, "What would you like the title of your book to be........."
He went on to tell the story of each page.
He worked on writing his numbers too.
He was so proud of his accomplishment and loved reading it before we sent it off.
The great news was Pax was able to go home before we got the book sent off so it made a wonderful welcome home surprise!
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