The cover of the lapbook features a simple watercolour, titled "A Mosque in Casablanca" which Emily helped to do. The focus of the "Odyssey at Sea" art workshop we attended was on using watercolour paint blocks as the starting point for semi-abstract pieces about places we had visited. Emily chose the colours for her block, painted it and stamped it on the art paper. She then dictated what she saw in the colours and I helped her paint some elements.
Portugal - we talked about Portugal's flag and some simple facts about Portugal. We also devoted a mini-book to beautiful Madeira, with photographs of certain scenes we saw and a counting exercise involving banana trees (a native crop).
Spain - we coloured the Spanish flag and this exercise meant that Emily got very excited every time we saw the flag during our shore excursions! We also added in some simple geography (identifying where in Europe Spain is situated) and some sections on flamenco and other forms of dance. A highlight of our Spain activities was that Emily got dressed up in a flamenco outfit, complete with matching shoes and fan - definitely her idea of a good time!
France - we coloured the French flag and also did some tracing work with simple words like "hello", "bonjour", "thank you", "merci", "goodbye" and "au revoir".
Finally, we included a mini-book on the different modes of travel we used on the trip, as Emily has always been particularly interested in trams and trains.
On the back of the lapbook, we traced our flight path from Singapore to Barcelona, and Emily chose some of her favourite postcards to be featured.
Overall, I think this was a nice way to break into lapbooking. It became apparent to us that children enjoy reading about their own adventures and experiences, and it was heartening that Emily was keen to flip through her mini-books again and again, long after the trip! We haven't done a travel lapbook since (there has been no travelling of late!) but we'd definitely do one again.
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