K-3 Book Reviews, Puppets, Colouring, Clip Art
Hi Everyone! We’ve just started our bears unit , one of my all-time favourite science units to teach! I found this book a couple of months ago and I’m in love with it! I thought it was a Goldilocks knock-off, but it’s not! It’s much better. And it’s definitely Perfect Picture Book WORTHY. Title: Three Bears of the Pacific Northwest … Read more
Last week we did the coolest experiment … EXPLODING SOAP! First of all, I passed around a bar of Ivory soap and we smelled it, touched it, and thought of as many words as we could to describe it. Then I told the class we were going to put the bar in the microwave and heat it up. But first … 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
Hi Everyone! Next Sunday is Remembrance Day in Canada. Remembrance Day can be a complicated concept for young children. If you’re looking for some ways to explain this important day you may enjoy these 3 books that I always read to my class. They’re perfectly suited for young children. The pictures are beautiful and the content is very gentle. A … Read more
It’s done!!!! You have no idea how happy I am about this. I’ve been working on this quilt (off and on) since about May. It’s for Baby OWL (Olin Winter Leyne), my one-month old grandson! It’s not your typical baby quilt, that’s for sure. But I was attracted to all the bright colours. When I started it, we didn’t know … Read more
Just over a week ago I read a post by Nikki at Teaching In Progress. It was all about why she doesn’t use behaviour charts in her classroom and it really resonated with me. I wanted to join her linky in support of the “alternative to behaviour charts movement” but I don’t have a system in place that’s easy to … Read more
Part of our Grade 1 science curriculum is the needs of plants. I was trying to think of a way to jazz it up a bit this year and I came up with this. I enlarged the image above (you can click it to grab) on our school photocopier to 11 by 14. Below each of the three pumpkins I … Read more
Inside: Review of Pumpkin Circle and links to activities. I just couldn’t resist one last pumpkin book before Halloween. Pumpkin Circle is definitely my all-time favourite for teaching the kids about the life cycle of a pumpkin. If you only buy one pumpkin book, this is it! Title: Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden (Amazon affiliate link) Author: George … 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