One of the things we are focusing on for our Rwanda study is our sponsored child, Albert. The entire lapbook stemmed from our new relationship with him and we are learning as much as we can about him, his life and his country. P couldn’t wait to write his 1st letter to Albert, this is the longest letter he has ever written, it warmed my heart to know that he was so thrilled to be writing and that he didn’t complain at all (as he sometimes can when writing anything of length). Here he is writing to Albert, you can see how he has Albert’s photo up on his computer screen 
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And here is his letter…
Here’s the other “letter” we are sending him in our 1st envelope, we worked on this part together…
We filled it up with our Kindergarten words and I really want to leave it up so it will be there when my toddler is ready to begin learning ABC’s and words. BUT, I didn’t want to use this word wall for 1st grade, partly because we have more words and there isn’t space for the size and also we have begun to do school upstairs more and more (not in our actual schoolroom). So, I have went back and forth about what to do until today! I looked over and noticed a foam project board thing I had for something else and it hit me…a portable word wall! Here’s what I created, using the letter cards and actual words from his 1st grade Calvert curriculum.
I also like that we can keep this and make a new word wall each grade level. It folds up to a poster board size and stores away so easily, I am so happy!
Here’s a photo of one of the main parts of our rich learning environment…our beloved drawers from Target 
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