How to Make a Yearbook to Commemorate This Crazy Year

My daughter has five days of school left, and last night was graduation for the seniors at her school. No matter your child’s age they are missing out on those end-of-year activities, from field day to prom to getting other kids to sign their yearbook.

Her school did manage to produce a yearbook amid all the weirdness, but if your school didn’t, or you just want a special way to remember how different this year has been, you might want to consider making your own yearbook.

This idea from STEAM Powered Family was originally for a homeschool yearbook, but this year it’s a great idea for anyone because most kids did some at-home learning that it’s worth commemorating.

She has lots of ideas for what to include, how to present it (as a physical or electronic book, for example) and more. I love the idea of trying to collect memories from friends to include in your book as well!

Check it out at STEAM Powered Family.

[Photo: STEAM Powered Family.]

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I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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