K-3 Book Reviews, Puppets, Colouring, Clip Art
Inside: Book review of The Tree, links to eco-friendly activities, free Earth Day clip art. In honour of Earth Day on Monday, April 22nd, 2019 I’m featuring The Tree written by Dana Lyons and illustrated by David Danioth. Title: The Tree Publishing: Illumination Arts, 2002 Intended Audience: 3 years and up Topic: Trees, Ecosystem Opening: There’s a river flowing near … Read more
Inside: You’ll find a book review and LOTS of different ideas for extending the book. Enjoy! I have an old but “new to me” book to share with you today: This is Not My Hat! I was looking at it in the library yesterday and by the time I got to the last page I knew this would be a winner … Read more
Inside: A book review of the wonderful book Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress plus several accompanying activities. Good Morning! It’s been a little while since I’ve written a book review but when I saw Morris Micklewhite and the Tangerine Dress in my school library earlier this week, I knew that it was my next review. Title: Morris Micklewhite … Read more
Inside: You’ll find a free printables for an April poem in both colour and black and white. I have a lot of April poems up my sleeve, but I was looking for a new one to bring to my Wednesday Grade 1 class. I was looking for sweet and simple. Here’s what I found! Isn’t it lovely? And the colourful … Read more
Inside: Links to a whole bunch of Easter resources for the classroom. Hello! I’ve rounded up all my previous year’s Easter posts. Down below you’ll find links to poems, book reviews, free colouring sheets and craft ideas. I’ve used every single one of these ideas/lessons/activities/stories/poems (you get the idea) in my own classroom and they were all successful and well-liked … Read more
Inside: Book review of The Luckiest Leprechaun and lots of follow-up activities. Hello! This is a repost and update from 7 years ago. But The Luckiest Leprechaun is STILL my favourite St. Patrick’s Day book so I thought it was definitely worth featuring this post. I should say, though, that St. Patrick’s Day isn’t actually mentioned in the book, but … Read more
Inside: Book review of In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb and lots of related activities. Title: In Like a Lion Out Like a Lamb Author: Marion Dane Bauer Illustrator: Emily Arnold McCully Publishing: Holiday House, 2011 Theme: Spring, Stories in Rhyme Age: 4-7 NOTE: This is an updated post with 5 more links to FREE resources! Summary: … Read more
Inside: Free Valentine clip art Welcome to Day 14 of the Valentine Clip Art Freebies. These pretty little tags can be put to all sorts of use. I call them Valentine tags, but really, they can easily be used all year round. They could be used for planner stickers, for making bookmarks, as social media icons, for jazzing up worksheets and for … Read more
Inside: Free Valentines paper and frame Welcome to Day 13 of the Valentine Clip Art Freebies. Today you can download some pretty kawaii paper and a frame for Valentine’s Day. The paper and frame come in two sizes: 12 x 12 and 8.5 x 11 inches. I set up the paper pattern so that the hearts are perfectly aligned on each … Read more