My kiddos just love tracing letters and shapes and scribbling on paper. After a while that paper adds up. How many trees have to die?!
My alternative is dry erase. Cheap and easy clean up, win win.
My alternative is dry erase. Cheap and easy clean up, win win.
I found some laminated books at the Dollar Tree for tracing letters and numbers. My girls LOVED them....then got bored.
So I got the thinking, if there was a variety to trace, pictures to color, games to play, matches to make that would likely last longer. So I thought that a binder with laminated pages in it would be great. However, I do not own a lamination machine. Then it hit me....sheet protectors!!
So I got the thinking, if there was a variety to trace, pictures to color, games to play, matches to make that would likely last longer. So I thought that a binder with laminated pages in it would be great. However, I do not own a lamination machine. Then it hit me....sheet protectors!!
Here's what I used to start two of these books:
(2) 1" binders, (4) or so workbooks (I found these at the Dollar Tree), (1) pack of 50 sheet protectors ($3 at Walmart), (2) pencil bags (.99 @ Walmart) and (2) packs of Crayola Dry Erase Markers.
Start by cutting/tearing out the workbook pages and sorting into piles for the appropriate child. I made these for a 2 year old and a 4 year old. So shapes, matching, colors and alphabet for the 2 year old and alphabet, words and numbers for the 4 year old.
Now put the sheets into the sheet protectors in the appropriate order. There were some pages I didn't care for so I paired those "wrong sides" in in a sheet protector. Be sure your numbers and alphabet are in order if applicable. Staple or tape the tops shut (my 2 year old would pull every page out if I didn't do this. Plus, they are cheap enough to buy more of when it comes time to switch them up).
Start by cutting/tearing out the workbook pages and sorting into piles for the appropriate child. I made these for a 2 year old and a 4 year old. So shapes, matching, colors and alphabet for the 2 year old and alphabet, words and numbers for the 4 year old.
Now put the sheets into the sheet protectors in the appropriate order. There were some pages I didn't care for so I paired those "wrong sides" in in a sheet protector. Be sure your numbers and alphabet are in order if applicable. Staple or tape the tops shut (my 2 year old would pull every page out if I didn't do this. Plus, they are cheap enough to buy more of when it comes time to switch them up).
Now put onto the binder rings. Place markers in bag and place it inside as well. I will be making an eraser for the board as well as adding some items and pages.
The possibilities are endless with this and I have many ideas. More posts to come on this!
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This is very neat. We have done a similar thing with Ellie's preschool material - I laminated the papers and games so she could just use them over & over again with our dry erase markers.
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