Do you like using pastels in your classroom? I used to avoid them because they tend to be messy, but this year we’ve used them a fair bit and I’m starting to LOVE them. The colours are just so vibrant and the pastels themselves are so soft and easy to work with. I read my class this gorgeous book called … Read more
My choice for this week’s Perfect Picture Book Friday is CHALK by Bill Thomson. Publishing: Two Lions, March 2010 Genre/Topic: Juvenile Fiction; Imagination Intended Audience: 4 to 8 Opening Lines: There are none! This is a wordless picture book 🙂 Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Brief Synopsis (from Amazon.ca): A rainy day. Three kids in a park. A dinosaur spring rider. A bag of … Read more
I just started a Play Dough and Slime board on Pinterest you might want to check out. I was amazed at all the different varieties and I can hardly wait to try out some of these with my class! I used to LOVE this stuff as a kid. Click on the link above and you can find all the amazing … Read more
Inside: Directions for shaving cream Easter eggs and bunny art. Today we made shaving cream Easter Eggs! These were easy, messy and FUN! SHAVING CREAM EGGS: 1. Start with these supplies (shaving cream was $1.25 from the dollar store and I didn’t even use a full tin). 2. Squirt lots of shaving cream into the pan: 3. Then drip some … Read more
I think you’re going to love this book by Lois Ehlert and the gorgeous winter birds we painted afterwards. Title: Snowballs Author: Lois Ehlert Publisher: Scholastic, 1995 Topic: Weather, Snow, Birds, Art Intended Audience: Ages 4 – 9 Brief Summary: If you thought snowmen only had carrot noses, then you’re in for a big surprise. This book is full of … Read more
Hi there! We made the sweetest bears last week. The lesson plan came from Deep Space Sparkle, one of my favourite go-to art sites. It’s not a freebie but for $4.99 (I THINK that’s what I paid), you get detailed instructions and templates for three different bears (brown, polar, panda). Totally worth the money! We started off painting our paper … Read more
Yesterday I read my class What Does Peace Feel Like? and then we made our peace plates! I LOVE these peace plates. They’re so beautiful but easy to do, and they work perfectly as a Remembrance Day art project. I used plain white plates … those very flimsy ones from the dollar store. They have a light coating on them … Read more
We made black cats, shared our pumpkin knowledge in drawings, made 3-D pumpkin life cycle books, practiced some spooky sight words, and learned two new poems. BLACK CATS Every year I make these adorable black cats. They’re super simple, but I think they’re so effective with their bright eyes! With the Grade ones, I always give them tracers to cut … Read more
Look what just arrived in my local bookstore the other day (I special ordered it) and I absolutely adore it. I can’t wait to read it to my new class next week. It’s called Panda Kindergarten by Joanne Ryder. You only have to look at those sweet faces and you know you’re going to love this book. It’s full of … Read more