Eric Carle is such a wonderful author/illustrator to use as an author study. There is a wonderful video called Eric Carle, Picture Writer available. He tells about is love of art, from an early age; the same age as our kindergarten students. He shows how he creates his amazing tissue paper which he uses to […]
Continue reading →It is always so important to ‘listen’ to our students. This became so clear in a recent experience with our second graders. It all began with a sharing of one of Allen Say’s first experiences illustrating children’s books, a Caldecott Honor winner, … The Boy of the Three-Year Nap written by Diane Snyder. The illustrations […]
Continue reading →Have you ever read: From Head to Toe, written and illustrated by Eric Carle? We share this book with our kindergarten students during our author/illustrator study of Eric Carle. It is impossible to sit when reading this book! One just wants to do exactly what the book is depicting; it is a favorite of our […]
Continue reading →On March 4th, we had an amazing experience. Ms Wood’s 3rd grade class chatted with a sculptor, Meredith Bergmann, via a Google Hangout! Ms Bergmann created the wonderful Boston Women’s Memorial, which is installed on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. She graciously agreed to ‘meet’ the students so that they could interview her about her experience […]
Continue reading →Over the past two weeks, the second grade paleontologists have been busy researching a particular dinosaur. We have a fabulous new database with great information about the dinosaurs, which once roamed the earth. It can be accessed from anywhere in the world, 24/7! The above QR code, which links automatically to the YouTube link, shown […]
Continue reading →