Baseball Lapbook Learning Folder for Elementary & Middle School
This baseball lapbook is perfect for learning about the rules and traditions of the All-American game of baseball this spring and summer!
You can use this baseball lapbook as a resource to help your t-ball player learn about the game or before a trip to see a Major or Minor League or college ball game.
If you haven’t completed a lapbook before, check out these instructions on how to fold a lapbook before you get started: How to Fold a Lapbook
Some links in this post may be affiliate links. This means that if you click on them, I may make a tiny commission, at no extra cost to you. For more info, check our privacy policy.
Library List for your Baseball Study
- Baseball for Fun by Sandra Will (Required)
- Play Ball! or Baseball by James Buckley, Jr. and DK Publishing (Optional)
- My Baseball Book by Gail Gibbons (Optional)
- The Everything Kids’ Baseball Book by Greg Jacobs (Optional)
Baseball Resource Sites:
- How Stuff Works: Baseball
- Rules of Baseball
- Umpire Bible Baseball Rules
- Who Invented Baseball? History Channel
- Smithsonian Magazine’s History of Baseball
- Printables from the Baseball Hall of Fame
- Take Me Out to the Ball Game! song Original 1908 version and this pipe organ stadium version
Baseball Lapbook Activities
- Label the Baseball Diamond.
- Innings Triangle Fold – Describe the innings of a baseball game by filling in the blanks.
- You’re Out Circle Fold – Describe ways a player can be called out. (Baseball for Fun p. 9)
- Runs Matchbook – Define the terms inside this matchbook. (Baseball for Fun p. 10-11)
- Equipment Glove Shape Book – Draw pictures or write about the equipment needed in baseball.
- Baseball Traditions Ticket Shape Book – Write about some of baseball traditions. (Throwing of the first pitch, Seventh Inning Stretch)
- Strike Zone Home Plate Shape Book – Inside this book, define strike zone, strike, ball, walk and umpire.
- Players Bat Shape Book – Write about each of the players.
- Rules – List some of the important rules. (Baseball for Fun pp30-31)
- Strategy – Explain offensive and defensive baseball strategy (Baseball for Fun pp 32-35)
- Favorite Team – Write about your favorite baseball team.
- Favorite Players – Use index cards to make baseball cards for your favorite players. Put them inside the pocket envelope.
- Listen to “Take Me Out to the Ball Game!” Use the Baseball Notebooking pages to write out the lyrics to “Take Me Out to the Ball Game!“.
Find the Baseball Lapbook in the HHO Shop
More Homeschooling Resources for your Baseball Study:
Baseball Diamond Labeling Worksheet
Jackie Robinson Notebooking Page
Be sure to pin this post to your favorite Pinterest board so you can find it again later.
And be sure to follow Homeschool Helper Online on Pinterest for 1000s more free homeschooling resources!
