"I am Special" booklet

'I Am Special' Book (adapted from Huggies.com)

Materials:
* Construction paper
* Stapler
* Crayons, markers, finger paints
* New photo of child each month



Procedures:
Decide how many pages you want the book to be. You'll be using one page for each month, so a good number is 9 pages, since there are roughly nine months in a school year. Be sure to add one extra page for a front and back cover, for a total of 13 pages.

Staple on the long edge of the paper to create a book. Write your child's name and "I Am Special" on the cover, and allow him to decorate the cover himself by drawing a self-portrait.

Each month, give your child crayons, markers and/or finger paints, and let him create a page in the album. He can choose whatever he wants to draw, or you could have him do a self-portrait each month.

**For older students, can create picture on half of sheet, and write a few sentences or whole paragraph about something special they've done that month.

When done, glue a small photo of student somewhere on the page.  For true keepsakes, pages could be laminated upon completion (holes punched before lamination, and tied together with string or ribbon.