It’s the third month Virtual Book Club for Kids! During the month of September we highlighted the book Where the Wild Things Are with Sailboat Tangrams. In October we highlighted Llama Llama Red Pajama with Patterns & Symmetry! This month we are honoring the amazing art & story of … [Read more...] about Exploring Art and Color
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Patterns and Symmetry
It’s the second month Virtual Book Club for Kids! During the month of October we are highlighting the book Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney. Today we are reaching right into math & shapes with symmetry and patterns. We started our lesson by going through several books looking … [Read more...] about Patterns and Symmetry
Sailboat Tangrams
Today kicks off a new year of Virtual Book Club for Kids! During the month of September we are highlighting the book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. and an ocean tumbled by with a private boat for Max and he sailed off through night and day Don’t ya just love it when an ocean … [Read more...] about Sailboat Tangrams
Story Telling Beads
We are back again for this month’s Virtual Book Club, this is the last of the last post for 2014-2015 with Bill Martin Jr. When I think of storytelling, I think of all the ways we tell those stories. Through music, art, reading, writing, gestures, and expressions – the ways of telling stories … [Read more...] about Story Telling Beads
Woodland Dream Catchers
We adore creating beautiful things from nature, like this Fancy Stick Crown we made a while back. This craft started like most crafts in our house these days, a need had arisen for it. V was battling bad dreams for a bit, and I got the idea of having her create a dream catcher to hang above … [Read more...] about Woodland Dream Catchers
Pattern Play and Number Cards
Simple is better. A ton of stuff I’ve been doing this summer with the kiddos, to fall off of our busyness of the school year, is to slow down and keep it simple. Simple crafts, simple activities, simple play. Speaking of simple... V has been heading into beginning reading territory & one of … [Read more...] about Pattern Play and Number Cards