What is love? How do children see various aspects of the ultimate human emotion? We’re coming up on Valentine’s Day, which makes this bookmaking activity perfect for this time of year. I was inspired to do it after reading a book that Penguin Random House sent us to preview. Newbery Medal-winning author Matt de la …
Bear is at that age (7.5 yrs) where he is into collecting things. And by “collecting”, I mean that I’m constantly struggling to keep his dresser and shelves free from piles of acorns, leaves and sticks shaped like random objects, bottlecaps, and anything else you can imagine. We’ve got quite a busy summer going on, and …
not too long ago we came across an Eric Carle book that i had never heard of before. Little Cloud how this is possible, i don’t know. but both Bear and i fell in love with this sweet little book. we probably read it 5 or 6 times in the first couple days we …
have you ever heard of Flat Stanley? it’s a fun idea that can bring students together from all around the globe. basically, theydecorate a template and send it to friends, penpals, etc who photograph the Flat Stanley somewhere in their location and then pass him on. Flat Stanley started out as a small project, but …
as i mentioned the other day, we are doing a unit on birds, per Bear’s request. right now, we are on the tail-end of our bird unit… {get it? tail-end?} the other day we did a playdough and sticks bird nest sensory activity. here are some of the other bird-related things we’ve done. here’s a …
