When Clay Sings by Byrd Baylor illustrated by Tom Bahti
Title: The Way to Start A Day Author: Byrd Baylor (Illustrator: Peter Parnall) Reviewer: Karen Genre: Children's Picture Book Rating: Love Alerts/Warnings: None Premise:"Text and illustrations describe how people all over the world celebrate the sunrise." (King County Library System) Opinions: For our book club this month we are reading a series of Byrd Baylor books. I started by reading this Caldecott Honor book to my daughter this evening and thought it was quite beautiful. The book describes different cultures and ways that they honor the sun. The illustrations fit the language wonderfully and help children to follow along with each culture described. For anyone with little kids this book is a great tool to talk to your children about how everyone starts the day differently.
This pet rock craft for kids is inspired by the children’s book, Everybody Needs a Rock by Byrd Baylor. It’s a fun activity that combines creativity and the outdoors with a classic children’s book! Follow our Children’s Book Activities Pinterest board! In our most recent kindergarten after school class the kids created their …
This is a wonderful idea from Andrea Revel, a grade one teacher from Calgary Alberta. Thank you Andrea for sharing it! On the first day of school, Andrea reads the book “Everybody Has a Rock.” Each child blindly selects a pebble from the basket (she collected these from the Pacific Ocean). Andrea tells the children that […]
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Desert Mural: Use some of the free, online coloring pages listed below to create your own desert mural for your child to color or paint. Desert Coloring Pages: Desert animal information and coloring pages Desert animal coloring pages from edupics.com (scroll partway down page) Realistic desert animals and plants to color Friendly Lizard coloring page Coloring page: Roadrunner catching a snake (cartoonish) Rattlensake coloring page (realistic) "Color" a desert online Desert Diorama: You can print out a diorama background, and then all of the plants and animals too, for your kids to assemble! Pretty cool -- and free! Your Own Indoor Desert: -- Fill a baking pan with sandbox sand or craft sand. If your child has a large collection of plastic animals (as my daughter does), help her find the desert animals and put them in the pan. Or, buy a couple of desert animals just for the occasion (a splurge, I know, but some kids play with animals a LOT, and then it's worth it). I'm not too strict about who "lives" in the desert after the first few minutes (our desert was soon inhabited, for example, by a Saint Bernard puppy). Play-Doh Cactuses: We just kind of thought this up as we were playing, and it was fun! Help your child make cactuses out of green play-doh, and then let her stick in toothpicks for the "spines." Talk about why some plants have spines as a defense mechanism. (Would your child want to eat something with spines? No way! Unless your child is like my infant son, who would probably try to eat that play-doh cactus anyway!) Sand Art: Show your child how to drizzle glue on paper, cover with sand, and then lift up the paper and tap the sand off to reveal "sand writing." Nora liked seeing her name written in sand.
Let William Wilberforce Help You Prioritize Your Parenting! William Wilberforce, the 19th century statesman, is famous for spearheading the drive to end slavery in England. But he was also the devoted father of six children. And because his duties often forced him to be away, he wrote numerous letters to his children. In these letters, Wilberforce spoke about such practical matters as finances, friends, education, careers, the uncertainty of life, and their relationship with God. The principles he taught ring as true today as they did then. By \"looking in\" on this correspondence, we can see the kinds of values to instill in our own kids. And we can find encouragement to become as proactive in parenting as Wilberforce remained throughout his life. Author Stephanie Byrd adds commentary providing historical context and modern application. With this help, Wilberforce can become your mentor with wisdom that's both practical and timeless. Stephanie Byrd discovered Wilberforce's letters to his children while researching her master's thesis about him. She earned her master's in church-state studies at Baylor University and a law degree from St. Mary's University School of Law. She lives with her husband, Brian, and three children in Fort Worth, Texas. Stephanie is a volunteer coordinator for Prison Fellowship's Angel Tree program, which ministers to children with incarcerated parents. All her proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to Angel Tree.
