Home School Information Zone (HSIZ)

Just as the tradition of placing a candle in the window has guided travelers to the warmth and security of home, we hope to light a candle that will illuminate your journey to the joys of teaching and learning.

Look here for templates and/or directions on different types of folds.

Chia's Rubber Stamp Art

Here is what available so far for templates..

BOX TEMPLATES Stationery Box Pyramid Box

CARD TEMPLATES Tunnel Card Template Sliding Window Card Template Swing Card Template
a.k.a Flip Card,
Revolving Door Card Swing Card #2 Template
a.k.a Flip Card,
Revolving Door Card
Changing Image Card Template Covered Slider Card Template

MISCELLANEOUS TEMPLATES Paper Doll Template Library Pocket & Tag Small Library Pocket & Tag Raffle Tickets Template
Small File Folder Template Mini File Folder Template Teeny, Tiny File

Folder Template Playing Card
& Box Template
Tags, Tags &
more tags!

ENVELOPE TEMPLATES Coin Envelope Template 4x4 Envelope A2 Envelope

SHAPE TEMPLATES Fortune Cookie T-Shirts Kimono #1 Kimono #2
Dress/Apron Bib Overall Card Bird House Mason Jar
Baby Bib Onesie Card Bootie Shoe
Teacup Card Teapot Lady's Shoe Cowboy Boot
Card
Wine Bottle Card Beverage Can Card Little Black Dress Baseball Cap Card
Fan Card Egg Card Bladed Fan Triptych Card #1 Template
Triptych Card #2 Template Triptych Card #3 Template Hand Lady's Sandal
Lady's Boot Mannequin

Explorer Team's Pop-Up Books for Children

Pop-up books are books a category called movable books. These are books that change form when the reader performs an action such as opening the book to create a pop-up, pulling tabs and lifting flaps to reveal pictures and information, or rotating wheels and other techniques that enhance the experience of the book.

The first movable books, which appeared in the 15th and 16th centuries, were used for astronomical, scientific and medical reasons. Later, in the middle of the 19th century, the techniques of movable books were applied to books for children.

The artists who create pop-up books are called paper engineers. They make use of the principle of the energy created by movement, kinetic energy.

FP Notebook

A paper heart model.

House of Speech

A one sheet folded book.

Math Year 2000

Click on Explorer, then Origami for math related origami projects.

Also, Click on HSIZ *Books-(Note/Lap/Mini/Poster/Scarp)* and then *Various Paperfolds/Templates* for more origami sites.

For free online math games on Math Year 2000, click on *games* and browse the *Teacher's Index* for resources that have been indexed according to the national curriculum from reception through to year nine. Note however that there are many materials on the Count On site that do not appear in this index.

Mirkwood Designs Templates

WOW...and all for for free!

This site has templates that you can use to make custom cards, envelopes, and boxes. Simply print out the image, use it as a template to cut your fine papers, and fold along dotted lines.

Origami Clearing House

A clearinghouse for information on origami.

Paperfolding

Folds - valley fold, mountain fold, petal fold, rabbit ear, squash fold, reverse fold, crimp, sink
Bases - preliminary base, bird base, waterbomb base, fish base
Next, check out David Mitchell's "All About Origami", with some great sections for Beginners:

Some basic Information for Beginners
Some simple First Models for Beginners!

TechKNOW Associates

creating a layered book

Templates by Donovan

All kinds of paperfolds.

Tx Chess

Mini-Books, Flaps, Folds and More!
Websites that teach you how to make mini-books and flaps of all kinds for use in Portfolders:

http://teacherweb.com/tx/cadwallader/cchavez
Many bookmaking examples.
http://jennysartspace.com/bookart/accordion.html
Accordion books including triangle.
http://www.eggplant.org/ideas/visual/animation.html
Flipbooks.
www.drstamping.com/cf9.html
Coffee filter book lesson.
www.drstamping.com/cf1.html
Coffee filter book photos.
www.bydonovan.com/templates.html
Templates for: origami, cards (for every occasion/unit study), envelopes, pop-ups, bookmarks, mini-books, frames, 3-D.
www.speechtx.com/one_sheet_book.htm
Quick way to make a little book.
www.arts.ufl.edu/art/rt_room
Make a paper bag book.
www.drstamping.com/skewerbook.html
Directions for a piano-hinge skewer book. Very unique!
gort.ucsd.edu/preseduc/bookmkg.htm
Pamphlet binding to make a small book.
www.inkspirations.com/wovenmessage.html
Woven secret message card/booklet.
www.blewa.co.uk/project1/teachers
Simple folded book.
www.drstamping.com/accordian1.html
Make an accordian book, a hotdog book, and an accordian puzzle book.
jennysartspace.com/bookart/accordion.html
Accordion books including TRIANGLE!
www.makingbooks.com/projects.html
Bookmaking projects.
wildwood.homestead.com/expandbook.html
How to make an expandable book. Huge file, need patience to see this one!
www.easyfunschool.com/article1349.html
How to make Book Report Sandwiches. Other info could be put on a "sandwich" for your Portfolders!
www.sff.net/people/Brook.West/bind/bindit.html
Japanese bookbinding. We use this hand sewing technique to bind thicker, larger, student books. Very secure!
world.std.com/%7Edeanb/zgg/book
Five-stitch book binding.
www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/toc.html
More than 30 free shapebooks to print, with or without text lines.
abcteach.com/directory/babysitting/shape
Shape books.
www.teacherview.com/WritingCenter/shape_books
Shape books, with and without lines.
www.drstamping.com/tagbook_ls.html
Lesson on making tag books.
www.drstamping.com/kadenbook.html
Cute mini-book.
projects.edtech.sandi.net/pershing/explorers/popup.htm