The 5 -7 years can be a time of pleasant exposure to the subject of world history. The Portfolio Junior is designed especially for that purpose, with care taken to offer plenty of variety while not over burdening the young student with laborious writing tasks. The Portfolio Junior offers a gentle introduction to history and notebooking with plenty of games and puzzles, images to color, and as much or as little writing as is appropriate for each child.

The book is divided into two sections. The first section contains the notebooking pages. These pages follow a basic format: a title page with an ornamental design to color, two double-page spreads, a cut and paste project page, and a full page coloring image. These pages form the body of the Portfolio Junior, and are not to be removed from the binding.

The second section contains the parent guide. To get started each day, turn to this section to find instructions for what to read, and to put on each notebooking page. This section contains pages with materials to be colored, cut out, and pasted into the notebooking pages. Remove the pages from this section entirely, as necessary. There are three ability levels. Level 3 is for the child who is on the older end of the spectrum, 7 or 8 years old perhaps, or capable of giving and writing short narrations. Level 2 is for a younger group, able to do copy work, but not yet ready for narrations. And, level 1 is for the youngest end of the spectrum, ready for some school work, but not writing much, or at all, on his or her own. Of course, the lap-books are fun, and not reserved strictly for the 5 and 6 year olds.

The History Portfolio Series encourages rigorous study and plenty of creativity while providing a compact and handsome way of keeping and storing a student's own written projects and reports, colorful drawings, photographs, clippings, downloaded images... anything that can fit between the pages! Each book is designed for use by an individual, child or adult, and will become a unique record of the student's "journey through history". The History Portfolio Series: Beautiful history books of the student's own making, something to refer to later as the student's interests grow and expand, and above all, books to treasure.

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Blank Portfolio Page Sample