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Children's Book Week: Chromatography Butterflies

5/6/2022

Thank you, Ms. Barb

for reading Never Tease a Weasel! It was a really good book to wrap up our celebration of Children's Book Week!

Today's Activity is Chromatography Butterflies!

I had a LOT of fun making my chromatography butterflies! They are now taped to my office window to brighten up my days. You can find the instructions below or you can download and print out the instructions here. Have Fun!

Children's Book WEek: Monster Book Marks

5/5/2022

Thank you, Ms. Dru

for reading Dragons Love Tacos 2 The Sequel! It was such a fun book! Now I want to go eat some tacos.

Today's activity is Monster bookmarks

We all need a friend to keep us company as we read so today we're making Monster Bookmarks! You can find the instructions below or you can download and print out the instructions here. Have Fun!

Children's Book Week: Book Bingo

5/4/2022

Thank you, Ms. Karla

for reading My Lucky Day by Keiklo Kaszu! The piglet is very tricky!

Today's activity is book bingo!

How to Play: Print out a copy of the bingo board. To start check off the free space. Then spend the next week completing different activities on the bingo board. To win you need to get a bingo which is 5 in a row. The row can be up and down, across, or diagonal.
For extra fun ask someone to play Book Bingo with you and see who gets a bingo first!

STEM Activity: Trains Run

5/4/2022

Hi friends, here's another STEM video for you on trains! Join Ms. Sarah as she demonstrates an activity replicating the function of train wheels! If this activity sounds familiar, that's because this activity's instructions were posted during 2021 Fall Children's Book Week.

Train wheels are bigger on the inside because this allows them to provide stability to the train and help the train shift easier!

Thank you for participating in another STEM activity with us this week! We hope you will come back next week for another one.

Supplies Needed:
- 4 paper or plastic cups
- 2 yardsticks
- Tape (duct or scotch)
- Scissors
- A cardboard box or stack of books

Directions:
- Cut the lip off of each cup
- Tape two together from the top and the others at the bottom
- Place the yard sticks on their edges on the books or box and tape them down
- Roll each cup grouping across the yard sticks
Which one worked better?

Children's Book Week: Z is for Moose!

5/3/2022

Hi Everyone! I hope you enjoyed Z is for Moose! It is one of my favorite silly books to read with my nephew.

Today we are going to make sure that everyone knows M is for MOOSE! That's why today's activity is making the letter "M" into a moose! Check out the instructions below!

I hope you have fun making your Moose!

Children's Book Week: The Kissing HAnd

5/2/2022

The Kissing Hand

Supplies:

2 pieces of construction paper (any color; bright colors work best)
A pencil
Scissors
Glue or tape
Coloring supplies

Directions

Take one piece of construction paper and place your non-dominant hand (the one you don’t write with) in the middle of it.
Using your dominant hand, trace your hand with a pencil.
Once your hand is traced, use the scissors to cut it out.
Take the other piece of paper and draw a heart the size of your hand. (You can use your cut out hand for guidance because you want the heart to fit in your hand!)
Cut out your heart and stick it to your cut out hand with glue or tape.
Write a short and special message on the heart! (I recommend “I love you")
Once you have completed this craft, you can give it to someone you love!

Suggestions

You can use the back of your cut out hand to write more!
You can add colorful designs to your Kissing Hand.
You can bend the fingers forward to slightly cover the heart, just as Chester's mom does in the story!