Most kids have at least one interest that truly captivates them. For some it’s dinosaurs, for others its construction trucks… you get the idea. No doubt you have started a sentence with “My kid is so obsessed with [fill in the blank]!” A great way to encourage your child’s interest is to help him keep a hobby book about his obsession.
Instead, he has started his own bird hobby book by taking photos of the birds he sees. We print them out and he pastes them into a journal. He labels each photo and I encourage him to write a few facts and make sure to note where he saw each bird.
Other ways to personalize a hobby book:
- attach envelopes to a few pages to keep souvenirs
- encourage drawing as well as pasting in photos
- ask family members to contribute comments on certain pages
- decorate the outside of the notebook
He even took his book (which is always a work in progress) to Show and Tell at school. He was so thrilled when he came home that day and told me all about how his friends had asked him about the birds, and he even found out one of his classmates was a fellow birder.
Jennifer says
August 13, 2012 at 11:21 amThis would help fix the pictures printed out and scattered throughout the house. Paste them in a book–of course!
Momand Kiddo says
August 13, 2012 at 11:32 pmYes, it would help with that dilemma. 🙂
Raising a Happy Child says
August 21, 2012 at 1:55 pmI keep thinking about something like this except daughter doesn't really have an overwhelming enthusiasm except one – reading 🙂 And she resists the idea of writing them down.
Miriam says
January 20, 2018 at 10:09 amCould she take pictures of the covers, print them out and paste them in the book. Maybe give the star ratings.
Ron Liddle says
September 3, 2012 at 8:57 pmGardening is a great hobby. Also, it is real fun to watch the veggies grow
Fun Mama - Deanna says
September 6, 2012 at 2:25 amGreat idea! My daughter and I are working on a book about dinosaurs. I'm trying to convince her it should be a field guide like Dino Dan's.
Momand Kiddo says
September 6, 2012 at 8:21 amThat sounds so fun! I know you love scrapbooking so it sounds like a good project to do together.