School Experience Book

I asked AJ's school staff to take pictures for this school experience book.  They took pictures of each part of his day along with photos of themselves (thank you!).  You'll have to use your imagination on this one, folks. The book chronicles our day with a story flow like this: We drive up to school...walk in the doors...there's Mrs. X...and there's Mrs. Y, and there's Z......then its snack time...then we eat lunch...then we have gym...then rest time...then Mommy picks you up...you get the picture.  This book was extremely helpful when AJ returned to school after being out a week for Intensives.  I also use it on Sunday nights a lot, to prep for the new school week.

I found a "school" themed pack of scrapbook paper in the $1 bin at Target last year and held on to it, knowing I would use it somehow in the future. I made the cover with scrap cardstock, scrap crayon printed paper, and a sticker I got on clearance (last year) for 25 cents. 



Vacation Experience Book

I  made this experience book for our recent trip to Iowa. 

I filled the book with photos of:

Suitcase & Car

AJ in the car & Scenes from the Road

Grandma and Grandpa were kind enough to take pictures of themselves, as well as the outside and inside of their house so I could include them in the book.  We were able to talk about where we were going, who was going to be there, where he was going to sleep, eat, and take a bath.  I'm pretty sure the G-parents don't want photos of their house online, so you'll just have to imagine the rest of the book.

I purposely used 2" binder rings so that we can add the pictures from our actual trip to the book.

"AJ" EB

AJ's Experience Book: Things AJ does on a daily basis

Cute AJ & Getting Dressed

Brushing Teeth & Eating

Playing & Reading a Book

Bath Time & Drying Off

Sleeping

Colors EB

Black & Color Chart (for future games: ie matching jelly beans to the correct circle color)

Apples EB

2nd Theme for AJ's Preschool Classroom: Apples

Basket of Apples & Bite

Red Apple & Green Apple

Yellow Apple & Apple Tree

Apple Slices & Core and Stem

Apple Pie & Applesauce

Caramel Apples & AJ's Apple Juice

Wooden Apple Cutouts (using for counting 1,2,3 apples) & AJ collecting apples at school

Family EB

AJ's Family Experience Book:

Dog EB

In addition to making AJ experience books (EB) about himself and family, I thought I would make one for each of his class themes. The first theme for AJ's preschool class was dogs. They use certain vocabulary words each week and base most of their activities around the theme. I used those vocabulary words for each page subject. These books are time consuming to make, but are soooo well worth it. AJ loves them! Here is our first book about dogs (I just happened to have the perfect models for the job) :


Rocky (Shepherd) & Sunny (Lab)

Food-Eat/Water-Drink & Treats

Collar/Leash & Stay

AJ and Sunny & AJ and Rocky

Tail and Paw & Fetch