K-3 Book Reviews, Puppets, Colouring, Clip Art
Inside: Lots of fun New Year activities for first graders Hi Everyone! We had a crazy busy week (as I’m sure you did, too) and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Here’s a look at some of what we were up to! NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS We started off our week making our New Year’s goals. The goals are written … Read more
Hi Everyone! I’m posting my top favourite 3 pins for the month of January. Here we go: My first pick is this new year’s resolution flap book. It’s completely free from the Applicious Teacher and looks fun and easy to do! Click the pic to view my pinterest link My second pick is this fabulous round-up of books for Chinese … Read more
Inside: Directions for making beautiful tissue trees for Christmas. We just finished creating some beautiful tissue Christmas trees. They’re in the gym right now as part of the decorations for our concert tomorrow. I found the idea from Jill at Mrs. T’s First Grade Class. While it was definitely an easy project, be sure to allow yourself two-days for all … Read more
Inside: Learning about salmon. Lots of activities for a primary classroom. Lots of Ideas for a Salmon Unit We’ve been learning LOTS about salmon AND we completed these fabulous salmon art projects (pictures below). We Read Two Great Salmon Books: The first book is called Salmon Forest by David Suzuki and Sarah Ellis. In this beautiful story, set in the Pacific … Read more
Inside: Be inspired by this beautiful poppy art. Directions included. Today I noticed the most beautiful art in our hallway. It was created by a class of grade 4 students. These watercolour paintings are SO gorgeous I just had to share them with you! I believe the teacher that day was a “Teacher on Call” … a very talented teacher … Read more
In honour of Remembrance Day on November 11th my kids painted these gorgeous poppy fields. It was a lesson on perspective so we talked about foreground, mid-ground and background. The kids then painted a field of green grass and poppies. I think they did a pretty good job! You can find more Remembrance Day ideas, including another art project, a … Read more
Last year I read my class the book What Does Peace Feel Like? by Vladimir Radunsky, in honour of Remembrance Day. After reading the book, we made these peace plates. They’re beautiful and easy to make. I used plain white plates ~ those very flimsy ones from the dollar store. I put masking tape on them ahead of time. I was … Read more
Inside: Directions for an owl art project in Grade 1. Last week my class drew some owls! I drew a simple owl on the white board while the kids followed along. After we had the basic shape with the wings, eyes and beak, I told them to decorate the rest of the owl any way they liked. They used crayons … Read more
Three weeks ago we received five Painted Lady caterpillars. They lived in little cups with special food inside a small plastic aquarium. We watched them very carefully for days, waiting to see when they’d turn into chrysalises. Yay! The one above has just started to change. While we waited for the butterflies to emerge we made tie-dyed butterflies from coffee … Read more