Practice your Vocabulary

Madeline Morcelo shared a fabulous tutorial on the Summer Edition of Inkspiration 4U to make a little folder so that your child or grandchild can practice spelling.

I decorated the outside of my folder using Newsprint Designer Series Paper.  I thought that the numbers lent themselves to this  “learning” folder.  The folder is constructed in Basic Black Cardstock and I have added Very Vanilla mats to the Designer Series Paper.  I punched 2 Basic Black 1 3/8″ circles and 2 Very Vanilla 1 1/4″ circles and 2 Newspring  3/4″ circles.  I used my paper piercing tool to make a hole in the centre of each of the circles.  I attached the Very Vanilla circles to the Basic Black using sticky strip.  Then I used a Basic Black brad to attached the Newsprint circles.  I used Sticky Strip to attach the circles to the flap and front of the folder.  I added a length of Hemp Twine to keep the folder closed.

Madeline used magnetic sheets covered with Designer Paper on the inside of her folder and then added magnets to the back of her letters.  Unfortunately I couldn’t source these sheets and decided to pleat some Vellum cardstock to make little pockets to hold the alphabet.  The empty pockets at the bottom of the folder can be used to practice making words and even short phrases.  

I am still going to try and find magnet sheets or even very thin metal that I can place in the folder to make it easier for little fingers to find the letters.   In the meantime I think it will be fun to use with the grandchildren to practice their spelling.

Bye for now, Kris.