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DLTK's Mini Books - Helping Children Grow
FRUIT

The mini-books are quite simple with images that should appeal to young children and words that children in preschool thru Grade 1 should be able to read themselves.

Feel free to make as many copies as you need (just don't sell them as they're meant to be free for all to use. *grin*).

Use our Fruit Story Sequencing Cards and Fruit Activity Sheet (see templates below) to complement the mini book.

Materials:

bulletprinter
bulletpaper (you can use a slightly heavier paper for a longer lasting book)
bulletstapler
bulletsomething to color with (if using B&W template)

Directions:

bulletPrint template of choice.  The B&W version is fun for young children to color in or for older children to color as gifts for younger ones.  I like printing a color cover and B&W pages.
  
bulletColor the template pieces if you are doing the B&W version.
  
NUMBERED PAGES:
bulletIf you imagine a 'real' book for a second, you know that each page has printing on the front and the back.  We're going to fold the pages to make it like a real book.
  
bulletIgnore the cover for now.
  
bulletFold each page along the center dotted line so the images are on the OUTSIDE and the blank sides of the paper are on the inside (imagine you're making a greeting card).  
  
bulletYou can use a glue stick, if you like, to glue the pages together (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE COVER!)
    
bulletStack the pages, so the odd numbers are on top and the folded edges are lined up.  Trim with scissors or paper cutter if needed.
  

COVER PAGE:

bulletFold the cover page along the dotted line, again with the images on the outside.
  
bulletOPTIONAL:  You can laminate the cover page or print it on cardstock if you want it to be more like a real book's cover.
  

ASSEMBLE THE BOOK:

bulletOpen the cover page (like a folder) and slip the pages inside so that when you open the cover you'll see page 1 -- the unfolded edges of the pages will go against the folded part of the cover.  
  
bulletClose the cover page and tap the book so everything lines up.
  
bulletPut three or four staples along the edge to hold the book together.
  
bulletTrim again, if needed.
  
bulletFlip through the book once, carefully folding the pages to make the book easier for the children to read.
  

PRINTING THE TEMPLATES

bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
   
bulletSet page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 
  
bulletThere'll be less trimming to do if you also turn off the headers and footers.
 Photos aren't for the fruit book,
but the system works the same.

 

 


Fold with pictures out and trim if necessary


stack with odd 
numbers on top


staple

 

 


enjoy!

 

Templates:

Page 1 and 2   (color)   (B&W)

Page 3 and 4   (color)   (B&W)

Page 5 and 6   (color)   (B&W)

Page 7 and 8   (color)   (B&W)

Page 9 and 10   (color)   (B&W)

COVER   (color)   (B&W)

 

ACTIVITY WORKSHEET   (B&W)