{"id":634,"date":"2010-04-04T13:19:20","date_gmt":"2010-04-04T13:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.andersons.com\/?p=634"},"modified":"2023-01-27T17:02:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T17:02:38","slug":"make-a-school-year-memory-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/2010\/04\/make-a-school-year-memory-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a School Year Memory Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Memory Book Craft Project\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/css\/andersonsimages\/blog\/Memory-Book-Crafts.jpg?w=320&amp;h=213&amp;as=1\" width=\"320\" height=\"213\" align=\"right\" \/><br \/>\nAs the year winds down kids love to reflect on all they&#8217;ve done and all they&#8217;ve learned. Help them preserve those memories with a Memory Book they make themselves!<\/p>\n<p>Materials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Paper for pages (at least 4-6 per child)<\/li>\n<li>Craft Supplies; markers, crayons, scissors, glue<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Schooltime Fun Stikcers\" href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/School-Supplies\/Stickers\">Stickers<\/a> or other embellishments<\/li>\n<li>Any photos, craft projects, or work the children have done throughout the year<\/li>\n<li>Cover Materials any of the following would work well:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Construction paper or card stock (two pieces per child)<\/li>\n<li>3-ring Binder or folder for securing the pages.<\/li>\n<li>A <a title=\"Book Cover\" href=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/School-Supplies\/Notebooks-and-Folders\">Custom Book Cover<\/a> to use over a binder or notebook.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Instructions:<\/h3>\n<p>Start by having the kids write a word or phrase at the top of each page to guide them, these could also be printed ahead of time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Some examples:<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Memory Books\" src=\"http:\/\/www.andersons.com\/css\/andersonsimages\/blog\/Memory-Book-Pages.jpg?w=252&amp;h=252&amp;as=1\" width=\"252\" height=\"252\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Field Trips<\/li>\n<li>Science Projects<\/li>\n<li>Art Projects<\/li>\n<li>Friends<\/li>\n<li>A Fun Day<\/li>\n<li>A Silly Memory<\/li>\n<li>Autographs<\/li>\n<li>A message from my teacher (or Mrs.________)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Then go to work, have the kids write or draw on each page. If you have pictures or projects from the year they can include those.<\/p>\n<p>Make your cover with a hole punch and some yarn or string, or you could simply staple them together.<\/p>\n<p>You get a fun activity to fill those last few days of school, and the kids get a great keepsake!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>How do you help your kids remember their school year?<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the year winds down kids love to reflect on all they&#8217;ve done and all they&#8217;ve learned. Help them preserve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,8],"tags":[324,763,584],"class_list":["post-634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crafts-elementary-school","category-elementary-school","tag-memory-book","tag-school-memories","tag-yearbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5697,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634\/revisions\/5697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itselementary.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}