She’s
crafty - she gets around she’s crafty she’s always down. Okay, where in the
hell did that come from? A blast from the Beastie Boys era I presume, but I'm
not sure why! The only thing crafty round here is my kindergartener’s projects.
It’s been the 100th Day of School, an “icreamlicious” Valentines,
& we've also been romping the magazines, and telling tales. Yes, for as
long as we’ve been romping, I just learned we can check out
magazines. My oldest daughter has discovered American Cheerleader (Ugh!!) and Little Reader is
into the sciencey reads (Zoo Books & National Geographic Kids) Personally,
I’d much rather go with the science!
On a sweet note, we are having a ball with ice cream. A purple sphere showed up at our door, so we did what any other person would have done. We filled it with cream, sugar, vanilla, ice, salt, and then with a shake, rattle, and roll, it churned out a delicious treat.
What’s In the Bag
And with this newly discovered media, I’ve
been led to an idea. What about a mini library scavenger hunt! After all, we do spend lots of library time not
just book hunting, but also hanging out, reading, exploring, asking questions,
sharing, talking… What do you like to do at the library? I'll post more up on this later, just need time to brain-storm!
Our 100th
Day of School Crayon Melt
How We Did It
1. First we grabbed a foam poster board, lots of crayons, the hot glue gun, and our hair
dryer.
2. Next she picked out the colors and lined them
up on the board.
3. Then big sister did the glue gun and quickly
placed them onto the board, in a line, with tips facing down.
4. On the warm setting we got to blow dryin’.
After starting out the medium setting we jumped it up to high and alternated it
back and forth. And interestingly the white crayons didn’t melt easily like
colored ones. Wonder why?
On a chicken note, we are frequent Chick-fil-A patrons, and I have
to say we are really enjoying their latest toy, Telling Tales. This has
inspired my reader into calling herself a story maker girl. (Oh the Joy of Words!) And I bet you didn’t know you can buy
previous toys from their site. No I’m
not a sales rep or spoke person, we just love their toys. And hats off to them for standing for what’s morally
right. And here's a link to some great family fun!
On a pig note, we
are down to only one. We put our mean ole’ devil pig on the truck, so now she's off terrorizing some other nice folk. Yes PETA, we are feeding the
last pig out to bacon. Nom, Nom,
Nom…
On a sweet note, we are having a ball with ice cream. A purple sphere showed up at our door, so we did what any other person would have done. We filled it with cream, sugar, vanilla, ice, salt, and then with a shake, rattle, and roll, it churned out a delicious treat.
What’s In the Bag
By
Jeram, Anita
Do elephants have belly buttons and if so, where
would you begin to look? And for a well
loved elephant named Bill, this question becomes a problem. But when he can’t find it, he is much
surprised by his friend’s resolution. Little
Reader has brought it to my attention that she too, wants to sport many
buttons. No seriously, we are heading to Michael’s not
only for mommy craft toys, but buttons for making belly button pictures.
By Palatini, Margie
Not
sure why this was recommended as a great read – found it rather sterile. So the three billies here want to cross the
bridge, but don’t have enough money to pay the troll a toll, yada, yada, yada… The creative idea of mixing up different
fairy tales exists, but its vagueness and poor written manner doesn’t deliver. Could be used to reinforce counting money, but
we weren’t motivated to do the addition.
Crappy math story of which I wouldn’t even pay a buck – and that’s a
wrap!
The Girl Who Never Made A Mistake
By Pett, Mark
By Pett, Mark
For Beatrice Bottomwell, life as the “girl who never makes
mistakes” is quite careful in keeping her famous reputation of being
perfect. And it’s just another perfect
talent show right? Well this one’s not
so easy, and guess what happens when things go awry! Just ask her brother Carl who enjoys making
mistakes. I felt this read speaks to both
children and adults. Maybe because of my
personal struggle of striving for perfection, but either way this is a great
message for all. A great girl read
that’s in my Amazon cart!
By Smith, Lane
Thought
this was gonna be filled with green hippyness, but to my read was pleasantly
surprised. A journey through manicured topiary, where a great grandson tells the life
adventures of his Grandpa Green. Phenomenally illustrated, showing the beautiful
bond of generations. But Little Reader was quick to point out
that this looks nothing like our garden.
By Walton, Rick
A
little zany, a bit clever, and very puny. What happens when a dinosaur comes to
town? Well I’ll tell ya, the trees take their leaves, the astronauts take off,
and the bananas split. A really cute
read that took some time in explaining the puns, but gave us a good laugh.
By Zolotow, Charlotte
You will turn pages and
watch an annoying little poodle bark at everything! But when this little dog’s family leaves for
the day, except for the dad he’s different. And the family comes to realize why
the dog barks at everything.
Heartwarming story for your little dog lovers. This is so our schnauzer and now I’m left with
one question. Do bark collars work?
By Zion , Gene
We’ve
all tried disposing those ugly unwanted gifts, and did you know that dogs are
no different. When Harry the pup
receives a rose pattern sweater from Grandma, he will have no part of wearing
it and “accidently” manages to loose it.
Old fashion flair with a surprise ending, and do realize dogs hate
wearing costumes.
Board Notes
My kindergartener has realized
that she can read board books by herself.
Their simple sentences and picture cues are easier than the longer
picture books we read. And I’m just glad
that she’s connecting the dots. Whoho! “Board books are not just for babies like the
Panda, Sheep, & Owl ones right? So can
I get some of these books to keep?” - Little Reader And who can say no to a book request? Not
me, so after a visit to Emma Quay’s website, followed by a library
romp, I allowed her to make her first Amazon purchase.