Monday, February 27, 2017

Go Picasso!

Go Picasso

Picasso and the girl with a ponytail : 
a story about Pablo Picasso / by Laurence Anholt.









Animal Tails

Out of the woods : A True Story of an Unforgettable Event by Rebecca Bond.






Monday, February 20, 2017

Houses

'If the Walls Could Talk' 
a program about houses and homes. 

The Old House by Pamela Duncan Edwards. The group of kindergarten through fifth grade kids were very engaged. I had many more books to share so I book talked five more and all twenty-five books were checked out from my display. The Old House emotes in first person and through wonderful illustrations. 

The Craft

I cut foam core boards into the shape of a house with a pitched roof, I gleaned through many home magazines and made stations for home decorating. Electronics, furniture, kitchen, lighting, wallpaper, art and more were pre-cut and put in shallow pans. Before they began their craft I showed my example and demonstrated how to add levels to the house using strips of paper and ruler to make it look like a cut-a-way. The students worked for 35 minutes and thoroughly enjoyed the process and their outcome.