My kids and I LOVE this Reading Rainbow book: The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash. I really wanted some extra activities to go along with it, but couldn’t find any free ones online. So….I made some! And some awesome news: I have it here to share with you guys for FREE!! Like my other book packs, it is a small set of consumable and re-usable printables to help expand your child’s experience with the book. I’ve included lots of extra ideas as well. It went along perfectly with our farm unit, and we even threw in an impromptu Boa Constrictor lesson too. Here’s a look at what we did: Click for Free Printables: The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash We read the book every day during our circle time, focusing on a different part of the story each time. For example, one day we talked about farms, another we talked about snakes, another we talked about cause and effect, and consequenses too. On the last day we talked about illustrations and how we can tell a story and expand on a story idea through pictures. We also checked out this video of the story. I let Elaina choose what part of the pack she wanted to do each day. She was perfectly challenged with the Beginning and Ending Sounds Clip Cards. She was so proud of herself for being able to complete these simple math equations: Throwing Eggs and Corn. I came up with a few scenarios (Jenny threw three eggs at Jimmy and Lisa threw one egg at Tommy. How many eggs where thrown?) She used the cut-outs to help her count and then found the numbers to mark her answer. Then she made her own word problems, and tested me! We did this one each day. She drew her own boa under the wash… And did some Spelling Words from the story on our own little "clothesline". We went over the Golden Rule for her memory work this week: Treat others the way you want to be treated. She knows this well, as it is part of our family mantra. She is still learning how to apply it though…. This provided a natural way to discuss the children in the book, and how they acted towards each other and the animals on the farm. And that lead us to talk about Cause and Effect. This book is perfect for illustrating this concept. The cow was crying….because the haystack fell on her. The haystack fell on her….because the farmer knocked it over with his tractor. We planned to visit a farm, but with our upcoming move, that has been put on the back burner. She drew a picture of one though and narrated to me her memory of last years trip to the farm. (I love the pig and sheep she drew!) Elaina surprised me and asked to do a KWL chart on Boa Constrictors! Yes we can! We used National Geographic for our animal facts and also watched this YouTube video and some others. I was totally creeped out with with all the snakes…but she loved it! Ewe… After that we created our own masterpieces and painted some boa’s. The girls both did a ton of other fun farm activities that we own including String-A-Farm… Listen and Learn Farm Sounds Bingo… Farm Fun Magnetic Learning Set and sound blocks… And a lot of imaginary play with Little People Farm set. Even Duck the cat got to play! They both enjoyed the Farm Felt set… Farm animal lacing… Leap Frog Fridge Farm…. And lots of puzzles! We used this set of story prompts for the Farmer In the Dell and played a fun dice game called Roll-a-Barn. We could have easily expanded this theme for another week, but alas, everything is now in boxes at the new place. Tomorrow I am hopeful to start unpacking and setting up the school room. You'd never believe how much stuff I have....hopefully I can find a place for it all! For other fun book packs click here! All of the Book Packs are provided free of charge, and I hope that they enrich your homeschool experience and make your planning a little easier! I would love to hear from you if you have used these book packs. Please link back directly to my blog, not the document link provided. Thanks!
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FYI! This is a smaller illustration, and is prized accordingly. Beautiful! From an antique childrens book. The illustration would be amazing framed, but can also be used in your scrap-booking, paper crafts, jewelry making, whatever strikes your fancy! Ready for you to print out! Total print size- 3.85" x 5" You are purchasing an incredibly sharp, clear, digital image scanned at a high resolution, 300dpi in jpg form. Once payment is received, you will be able to INSTANTLY DOWNLOAD THE IMAGE. Our images can fit on 8.5 x 11 paper. **THE ANNOYING WATERMARK WILL NOT APPEAR ON YOUR DOWNLOAD** What fabulous things can you create? Announcements, Invitations, and place cards, (think wedding, engagements, baby!) Paper Arts: Jewelry: Used on transfers: Print and Frame For: Greeting cards Earrings Tee-shirts Baby's Nursery Stationery Bracelets Tote bags Child's Room Bookmarks Necklaces Pillows Wall Decor Gift tags Napkins Scrap-booking Dish towels Altered Art Ribbons Card Making And any magical thing your artistic bent can create! The Fine Print (No pun intended) Do's Do make fantastico art with our digital delights! Don'ts Do not use our images in digital collage sheets, resell them, reproduce them in a compilation cd for resale, or share them with buddies. We and our little elves work tirelessly to ferret out special pieces of paper ephemera, which we then scan and restore to perfection for the discerning creative customer. Taking our work and reselling or redistributing is not only bad form, it angers our little pals. And you don't want to make an elf mad! So please refrain from practices that you would not want done to your artwork. Thank you!
My students presented their Paper Bag Character assignments today. LOVED it!!! They worked so hard on these projects, and it definitely paid off. Their final projects were awesome! When the students finished presenting their 10 items inside the bag, we set all the projects up in the nutrition area outside my classroom, and had a gallery walk-through. This is the first time I've done the gallery walk-through with these projects ... but not the last. Next year I'd like to invite a few classrooms to see our fabulousness. I was so excited about these projects I stayed for a bit after school to get them hung on the bulletin board. I'm just waiting for a few more projects to come in, then I'll hang our learning goal - and I'll be one happy teacher! (As you can see, I've got some Suzanne Collins fans in my class - I had 5 different projects on Katniss (but from all three books in the trilogy), and 3 different projects on Gregor the Overlander (a five book series from Suzanne Collins). I've never been one for traditional book reports - we usually only do one a year, just to practise the writing form ... whenever possible I try to give my students fun variations to share their reading with the class. For this project students must illustrate the front cover with a picture of their main character. I also had them add the title and author of their novels. One of the side panels is for the character's likes and dislikes, and the other panel is for how other characters react to and interact with their main character. The back panel has the character's growth throughout the novel. Students have to provide supporting evidence and their own thinking for all the panels. But my favourite part is the inside - students must place 10 objects in the bag that symbolize something important about the character. They also present this information to the class - making sure they give a deep explanation about why the object is significant to the character - not just how it is connected to the book. My students had such amazing insights this year ... hard to believe some of them are only in grade 5! If you're interested, my Paper Bag Characters assignment is a product at my TPT store. You can view it here. I also have this assignment included in a larger Characterization bundle which you can view here. And now, if you'll excuse me ... I must go read. My Fifty Shades trilogy arrived today and I've already started the first book. I'm thinking it's about to get a little hot in here ... (and no, I won't be doing a paper bag character assignment on this one). ;) Happy FRIDAY!!! Cheers to the weekend!!! Reading Comprehension Strategy Bundle Book Report Bundle Building Better Reading Responses Reading Concept Posters Bundle InLinkz.com
Since The Art of the Hut project was first formed I've been gathering inspiration from various artists and visualizing all the drawings of huts I will be doing this coming summer. Studying paintings and drawings that I admire helps me with things like what works in perspective, composition, and focal points. The great artist Richard Schmidt is one of my main inspirations and I admire all of his work, and at the moment particularly his paintings of buildings. He says so much with each brushstroke and he keeps his focal point clear and the painting unconfusing which is hard when it comes to buildings. Here are some more sketches of buildings which inspire me found on Google images. Here's some sketchbook inspiration from YouTube: Both watercolour paintings, I might take a few watercolours with me and keep a watercolour sketchbook while we are on the trip. Speaking of sketchbooks I have ideas of making a few of my own. I love all kinds of sketchbooks, but it is hard to find the perfect one. I may get close to what I want by making my own, using the Coptic binding technique which will allow me to open it up flat. And I also have some inspiration for covers from Pintrest.
The second week in October, our 1st grade focus was working with numbers to 10 – subitizing, multiple representations, and later in the week making 10. 10 becomes such an important benchmark …
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a handy, compact sewing kit - perfect for slipping in your bag when you're out and about... You will need old glasses case 30cm x 30cm of fabric (for outer) 30cm x 30cm of fabric (for lining) 10cm x 20cm scrap of fabric (for pincushion) small amount of stuffing (for pincushion) PVA glue stiff glue brush sewing needle,pins & scissors sewing machine (optional) 2 small buttons bone folder or knitting needle blue-tack (optional) ...a bit cruel, but I don't have proper step-by-step photographs for this project! You will find it easier using a glasses case which is 'square-isn' in shape, and fabrics which are fine in weight, and/or of fairly loose weave - this will assist smooth corners. If your fabric buckles at the corners, fold neat little pleats at the curves... I've taken a few close up photos from the finished project to illustrate the instructions as best I can and slotted them into the steps below to clarify a bit more... 1 Cut an oblong of fabric several centimetres larger all around than the lid of your glasses case, and another for the base. With one of the fabric pieces right side down and laid horizontally in front of you, fold the bottom edge up by 5mm and glue into position – this edge will lay along the hinge of the case. Do the same with the other fabric piece and leave to one side to dry. 2 Cover the outside of your glasses case first – use PVA glue and a stiff glue brush to ‘stab’ the wrong side of the fabric first(see tip). Leave it for a few minutes so that the glue is not so wet (this will prevent it from oozing through the fabric when you apply it). 3 Centre the folded edge of the glued piece of fabric along the hinge, then gently smooth it out across the curved shape of the case, making use of the grain and bias of the fabric to reduce the wrinkling. Leave to dry. 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 with the base of the case. 5 Trim the excess fabric down to 5mm all around the opening of the case. Apply glue to the rim and several mms inside the unhinged edges. Fold and smooth the fabric cover, rub it with the bone folder or end of a knitting needle to smooth it and leave to dry. 6 The best thing to do now is to make yourself a pattern for the lining of the case. Use a scrap of fabric and smooth it into position inside the glasses case, which should be open as wide as possible. You can use small pieces of blue tack to hold it in position while you do this. Trim it to fit exactly around all the edges. Remove your ‘pattern’ and use it to cut your floral lining fabric. 7 Repeat the gluing process to insert the lining, making sure your case is open as wide as possible when doing so. Use small sharp scissors to trim the raw edge 1mm or so below the edge of the case rim and rub it all the way around with the bone folder or the end of a knitting needle to ensure it is firmly attached. 8 Make a small pincushion by cutting two rectangles of fabric roughly half the length of your case and the width plus 2cm. Place the two pieces right sides together, and stitch a 1cm seam all the way around leaving a couple of centimetres for a turning gap. Turn right sides out through the gap, stuff and close the gap with small stitches by hand. Finally, stitch the two buttons to the centre of the pincushion, one on ether side with the fabric and stuffing sandwiched between. tip Stab your loaded glue brush on a scrap of paper first, before applying it to the fabric – you don’t want it over-laden, especially when using finer fabrics, such as the lawn for the lining.
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Have you ever had a hard time picking a book for your book club? This list takes the guessing out of book club, with 12 incredible choices — a whole year's worth of great books.
This is a print of an ink and watercolor illustration. It was printed on Matte Acid and Lignin free paper and High quality Epson inks. It can be easily framed in a matted 11 x 14 frame with an 8 x 10 mat or trimmed to an 8 x 10 frame.
Bilum is a stretchy fabric made from various looping techniques. Learn how to make bilum fabric and traditional bilum bags.
As if I needed any more evidence that I need to learn Turk's head knots, here is an image of a purse trimmed with them from the fresco Allegories of the Virtues and Vices painted by Giotto in 1303-5. This detail depicts Invidia (envy). For further information about this fresco please see the book mentioned in my last post.
Sachets made with felt and selected herbs/flowers and tied with a ribbon. Each charm bag comes with an information card with list of powers and what herbs/flowers that it may contains. ***WARNING : White contains turmeric which may cause yellow staining*** Best if kept away from moisture. Please check ingredients for any health reasons ,such as allergies. Thank You for coming, Mitchell Scott Please visit: http://www.chellboy.com and http://chellboy.com/chellboy/sachets/sachets.html for more info about the charm bags. Dimensions: 3 inches tall 6" x 3" w/ packaging.
Bei uns hat es schon fast Tradition bzw. ist es ein absolutes Muss bei jedem Kindergeburtstag egal ob die Kinder 4, 5, oder noch älter werden: Die Schnitzeljagd. Es macht den Kindern einfach extrem viel Spaß wenn sie Hinweisen nachjagen und dann einen Schatz finden der nur ihnen gehört. Je größer die Geburtstagskinder desto einfacher, weil auch die Geburtstagsgäste größer werden und man schon mehr machen kann. Allerdings gab es bei uns die ersten Schnitzeljagd bzw. Schatzsuche schon ab dem 4. Geburtstag und wenn man etwas Rücksicht auf das Alter der Kinder nimmt, dann klappt das prima. Heute stelle ich euch diese Schnitzeljagd vor und ihr erfahrt auch was ihr dazu alles braucht ;). Es ist eine Schnitzeljagd für kleine Prinzessinnen. Es gibt aber am Blog auch eine Schatzsuche zum Kindergeburtstag für kleine Piraten mit Anna, Elsa & Olaf Die Geschichte drumherum ist das Wichtigste, ich habe es selbst miterlebt wie gespannt...
'4B' was the code our school secretary used to easily identify our class back when I taught 4th grade. 4 = 4th grade. B = Bongers. I later went on to teach Language Arts at a middle school, so this blog documents the learning we did in reading and writing each day, in addition to many posts from when I taught fourth grade. I figured keeping it all in one place was better than having two separate blogs. One more thing: please feel free to PIN anything you see!
This "complete shibari kit" is ideal for experienced suspension practitioners. With over £300 worth of items, you'll save over £40 off the total cost. This kit contains: 12 ropes (treated/raw natural or colour jute, 6mm thick, 7.5 meter long with overhand knots) 1 'Bag o' Bits' 1 shears 1 metal or wood suspension ring 1 Rope Lube 250ml 1 Rope Goo 150ml 1 black microfibre cloth 1 swivel Note: suspension swivel shape may differ from picture (the colour will be black)
Yay! Here's a little tutorial on how I make my needlebooks. They're super easy, fast, and fun... so let's get started. You'll need: 12- 1.5" fabric squares in assorted prints for patchwork back 1- base fabric for front: 3.5" x 4.5", appliqued/embroidered any way you like 1- strip of fabric...
Today I am sharing with you one of my great frustrations about 5th grade…the lack of resources. We are a curriculum-free school for reading and writing, so in August I walked into a resource-…
About the purse: The finished size of the purse is 4 1/4 inches wide by 4 3/4 inches high. The sides and handle are needlewoven, the drawstring is 8 strand round kumihimo cord and the lining is linen. I used aurorasilk fine 2-ply silk dyed by my friend Renee in three colors: fustic (yellow), fustic with brazilwood (orange) and brazilwood (red). The ground fabric is 24 count linen congress cloth. The pattern is one of the fill patterns from the Hildesheim cope charted by Master Richard Wymarc. I am very happy to have finished this little purse. Now that it is done I can start working on the next item on my list. It will be a scissors case and it must be finished before 12th Night.
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So here it is finally! This is my first paper bag mini-album and my first attempt at a video. If you suffered through it--thank you! It was ...
Introducing our Handmade Coquette Laptop Case, where style meets functionality in perfect harmony. Crafted with care, this sleek and chic case is designed to protect your laptop while making a statement. With its understated elegance and practical design, the Coquette Laptop Case is the perfect accessory for the modern professional or student who love the cute coquette aesthetic. Keep your laptop safe and secure while adding a touch of sophistication to your ensemble with this must-have accessory. Sizes: 13 - 14in: 14*11.5in (35.5*29.5cm) | Macbook & Laptops & Folders 11in: 9.5*12.4in (24*31.5cm) | iPad & Tablets & Notebooks
My students presented their Paper Bag Character assignments today. LOVED it!!! They worked so hard on these projects, and it definitely paid off. Their final projects were awesome! When the students finished presenting their 10 items inside the bag, we set all the projects up in the nutrition area outside my classroom, and had a gallery walk-through. This is the first time I've done the gallery walk-through with these projects ... but not the last. Next year I'd like to invite a few classrooms to see our fabulousness. I was so excited about these projects I stayed for a bit after school to get them hung on the bulletin board. I'm just waiting for a few more projects to come in, then I'll hang our learning goal - and I'll be one happy teacher! (As you can see, I've got some Suzanne Collins fans in my class - I had 5 different projects on Katniss (but from all three books in the trilogy), and 3 different projects on Gregor the Overlander (a five book series from Suzanne Collins). I've never been one for traditional book reports - we usually only do one a year, just to practise the writing form ... whenever possible I try to give my students fun variations to share their reading with the class. For this project students must illustrate the front cover with a picture of their main character. I also had them add the title and author of their novels. One of the side panels is for the character's likes and dislikes, and the other panel is for how other characters react to and interact with their main character. The back panel has the character's growth throughout the novel. Students have to provide supporting evidence and their own thinking for all the panels. But my favourite part is the inside - students must place 10 objects in the bag that symbolize something important about the character. They also present this information to the class - making sure they give a deep explanation about why the object is significant to the character - not just how it is connected to the book. My students had such amazing insights this year ... hard to believe some of them are only in grade 5! If you're interested, my Paper Bag Characters assignment is a product at my TPT store. You can view it here. I also have this assignment included in a larger Characterization bundle which you can view here. And now, if you'll excuse me ... I must go read. My Fifty Shades trilogy arrived today and I've already started the first book. I'm thinking it's about to get a little hot in here ... (and no, I won't be doing a paper bag character assignment on this one). ;) Happy FRIDAY!!! Cheers to the weekend!!! Reading Comprehension Strategy Bundle Book Report Bundle Building Better Reading Responses Reading Concept Posters Bundle InLinkz.com
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This unique Michelle Obama Wood Holiday Ornament is the perfect gift for the holidays. Crafted from wood, the ornament features a Michelle Obama art quote portrait and comes with a frayed edge satin ribbon. Perfect for celebrating the season in style! "There is no limit to what we, as women, can accomplish."- Michelle Obama Wood ornament measures approximately 2.5" wide x 4.5" tall x 0.75” thick and includes a frayed edge satin ribbon (in various colors) for hanging. Ribbon color varies depending on current ribbon stock. Specific ribbon colors cannot be requested at this time. Ornament is stained on the back with a red oak finish and the ARCHd logo branded into it. Ornament is sealed with a gloss protectant. Image transferred by hand to wood. Due to the handmade nature of our art, all images will have a distressed look (where the underlying white paint shows through the image), with slight variations on the amount and location of distressing. Ornaments are packaged in a cotton drawstring bag. Check out more of our Michelle Obama merchandise here.
