Student made books for your classroom

Phone Book - Cut the front and back off your local phone book. Have each child write her name and phone number and draw her picture on a sheet of paper. Bind their pictures between the cover of the phone book. Place this book on a shelf with an old cell phone so they can practice calling their friends.

Hint! Older children could write their last name and then their first name just like it would be in a phone book. Alphabetize these to make your phone book. Note! If parents prefer to have an "unlisted number," simply make up a phone number for the children.

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Pencil Pocket Book - Attach several pencil pockets together with book rings. Label each pocket with a numeral. Children select that number of toys or other small items and place them in the pocket.

Hint! You can use this book for addition and subtraction, making sets with money, sorting pictures and beginning sounds, etc.

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Mylar Balloon Book - Deflate the balloon. Laminate. Cut a back for your book from poster board. Cut newsprint the size of the balloon for pages in the book. Punch holes at the top and tie with a ribbon.

Sentence Strip Book - Write predicable sentences on 5 or 6 sentence strips. Let children illustrate. Hole punch each on the left and insert a book ring. Encourage children to sweep their hand from left to right as they read.

Hint! Write poems, songs, or nursery rhymes on sentence strips and use them in a pocket chart. Follow up by turning them into one of these books.

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Necklace Book - Cut paper 2" x 2 ½" inches. Staple 4-8 sheets together and then hole punch in the upper left corner. Tie on a piece of string or yarn for the children to wear around their necks.

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Tag Along Book - Fold a sheet of construction paper in half. Fold two sheets of white paper in half and insert in the construction paper. Punch two holes on the creased edge and twist on a pipe cleaner for a handle. The book can "tag along" wherever the children carry it.

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