Creating books with your child is fun to do and can be as simple or complex as you wish. Some home-schoolers spend weeks creating professional looking bound books, but the process needn’t be time consuming. If you like, you can simply staple sheets of paper inside a construction paper cover or use a small notebook, scrapbook, photo album, or three-ring binder with plastic sleeves. Print the story your child dictates (or let him print it himself) at the bottom of each page, then let your child illustrate the pages with his own artwork, photos, or pictures cut from magazines. Making a bound book with your child takes a little more time, but the quality of the finished book makes it well worth the effort. The following instructions were adapted from the book Parents Are Teachers, Too by Claudia Jones. Materials
Scissors Cardboard or matte board 1 sheet construction paper Nonstretch fabric (at least 14 by 9 inches) Up to 8 sheets plain white paper (8 1/2 by 11 inches) Paintbrush Sewing machine or needle and thread White glue thinned with water Wax paper Utility knife Several heavy books
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