By Deborah Pace
Rowley
Preschoolers
love to create homemade books. I think it makes them feel all grown-up. They
are “authors” after all! I have boxes full of the little creations my kids made
when they were small. Books filled with pictures and dictated words. Books
covered in magazine cutouts and collages. Books with numbers and objects from 1
to 10. Books with illustrations for all 26 letters of the alphabet. Books
smeared with watercolors and crayons, colored pencils and finger paints.
Homemade books are so much fun to fill!
As I prepared
for Writer’s Workshop I found this awesome website full of different homemade
book ideas: http://makingbookswithchildren.blogspot.com.
The simplest
and most versatile book that Susan Gaylord writes about is the hotdog book.
Print out the instructions below or follow this simple tutorial.
First, fold the
paper vertically- hot dog style. (I used legal size paper for a larger picture
book, but regular 81/2 x 11 sheets would also be fine.)
Then unfold it
and fold the paper horizontally or hamburger style.
Now hold the
paper with the fold away from you and fold one side up to meet the center fold.
Turn the paper
over and do the same thing again, folding the other side up to meet the center
fold.
You should have
now created a W that you can set in front of you on the table.
Take a pair of
scissors and cut the center of the W just down to the side folds.
Now pull both
halves down toward the table.
Crease the
folded paper closed so that it forms a book.
If everything
went smoothly with the above instructions, you should now have a 6-page booklet
complete with a cover and back flap for your preschooler to fill. Now that you
have made one homemade book, I guarantee that it won’t be your last!
Print out
instructions on how to make the hot dog book here:
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