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PINOCCHIO by Carlo Collodi 

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(classic tale of making choices and the consequences of those choices)

Thanks to Project Gutenberg, there are several versions to access.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52484

Le avventure di Pinocchio: Storia di un burattino by Carlo Collodi (Italian)

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AUDIO VERSION:  https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19516

Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet by Carlo Collodi

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16865

Read this book with your family or friends. Talk about the things Pinocchio did, how he though (or didn't) and what he learned. 

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More Hot Air Balloon Fun

More Hot Air Balloon Fun. 

See the post from 5/28/20 about hot air balloons.

Did you know there are hot air ballon festivals held all over the world?

There are several in the United States, Canada, England, Spain, France, Switzerland, Taiwan, Japan, and Australia.

We have seen hot air balloons in Valle d'Aosta, Italy, too.

Take a virtual field trip all over the world to see photos from these events to inspire your own hot air balloon design.

https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/outdoors-and-adventure/photos/12-amazing-hot-air-balloon-festivals-around-the-world

ACTIVITY:  Draw, paint, color, or use collage to create your own hot air balloon design. Your design might represent your country, your school, your city, something that you like to do, or even can be a unique design representing your family.

Here are some templates to inspire your art work and creativity. Ask your family members and friends to make one, too. You can make a gallery of all the drawings when you are finished.

STRETCHY SLIME RECIPE

STRETCHY SLIME RECIPE

https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/how-to-make-slime-with-contact-solution/

1. 1 Bottle of Elmer’s Glue (6 oz) – recommend Elmers - it has been tested Do not substitute any ingredients as your slime may not work. 

2. Baking Soda (1/2 teaspoon)

3.  1½ TBSP of Contact Lens Solution – Renu Fresh or Equate  contain Boric Acid and Sodium Borate. Do not substitute.

4. (Optional) – Add 2 TBSP of water (up to 1/4 cup) if you’d like a stretchier slime.

Safety Tips: Adults should make the slime and handle all chemicals. Do not substitute any ingredients in the recipes. Always wash hands before and after use.  Discontinue use immediately if you notice any skin irritations. 

Steps to Make Slime With Contact Lens Solution

1. Get a bowl to mix your slime ingredients in.

2. Pour the entire container (6 oz.)  Elmer’s glue into the bowl.

3. Add 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and mix thoroughly. 

4. (OPTION) Add 2 TBSP or more of water here (up to 1/4 cup) if you want more stretchy slime.

5. Slowly add in contact lens solution that contains boric acid. Add slowly and mix so you can adjust. Add a few teaspoons at a time and then mix. Knead and mix thoroughly before adding more. 

6.  Now mix until slime forms and begins to harden. Take it out and knead, knead, knead. If it’s not the desirable consistency keep kneading. If it is too sticky, add a little bit of lotion or baby oil to your hands.

Make Kinetic Sand

Kinetic sand, or play sand, is a remarkable toy that feels cool and damp but isn't actually wet. It is made out of sand that's coated with a silicone oil, so it sticks to itself. That allows you to mold it, cut it, squish it, stretch it, shape it, and more.

You need fine sand, food coloring, dish soap and cornstarch.

HAVE FUN!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7nd2_eUoxw

Hot Air Balloons

Hot Air Balloons

Watch a kids video about how hot air balloons work:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABsVP41-EeY







Watch the reading of Curious George and the Hot Air Balloon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXjKwazLG1w



Go to a hot air balloon festival:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrzpaVbfyd8

Gratitude Reflections

Gratitude Reflections

This may be a strange time, but we all have things to be grateful for. 

Use this chart to help you consider what you are grateful for.

You can make a beautiful book, with ten pages - one for each item on the list.

Be sure to put your name and the date on it. It might be interesting to tetrad chid in the future to see your responses.

Maybe everyone in your family can make a book or add a page to yours. 

After you have written, ad doodles or sell sketches for each page. 

Have fun. 

Growing a Sentence

Growing a Sentence

Did you know you can be a magician when you write?   You can turn a boring old sentence into a fabulous story...

ACTIVITY: 

Need: Paper and a pen or pencil.

Look outside. Write a sentence.

Go back and add an adjective (descriptive word).

See the sample in the picture.

Keep going... 

Get some colored paper and make a book cover. 

Add a painting or drawing... 

NOW you have made a BOOK!  Share it with your family and friends... 

Game in a Box

Game in a Box

Very simple to make, not so simple to play!!!

Get a small box and a small ball.

Draw or paint a picture of something (see the clown in the picture) that can have an opening for the bar to fall through.

Have an adult cut the hole for you. 

THINK about how you can make the game suit things you like. Can you make a baseball diamond and go through the bases? How about a clock and go around the hours in order? 

Have fun! 

MAIL A HUG TO SOMEONE SPECIAL

MAIL A HUG TO SOMEONE SPECIAL

Can't be with someone you love? Send them a hug.

Our twin friends, Kate and Zach in Florida (USA) mailed us hugs. We loved them so much, we hung them on the TV table so we could see them every day.

Then we turned on the fan, because it was hot...

Kate and Zach started to DANCE!!!  We laugh every time they dance. They make us feel so special! THANK you!

https://youtu.be/s3KUWI4zHjk

How to Draw a Cat

Our friend, Christy, in Florida (USA) shows how to draw a cat in a step-by-step video clip.

https://youtu.be/RdD3Twd1XsU

ACTIVITY: Write a story or a poem about your cat...

See Pete the Cat and the Cupcake post, too!  (3/21/2020)

BINGO Game

Do you like to play 

Here is a web site that helps you make up to 30 FREE bingo cards to use on your computer or to print out.  So you can play with people who don't live with you.

You can make the BINGO cards to be about something you like, things around the house, foods your family eats, book characters, sports, actors, math, science, geography, your favorite Palio horses and jockeys, or plain, old BINGO.

Go to this site and have someone help you with the directions. There is also an animated way to call the BINGO numbers (or words).

I made one this week for my teacher friends...

Make a game and share with your friends over the internet and see who wins...

https://myfreebingocards.com

Pete the Cat

Pete the Cat’s Got Class by James Dean

Read aloud by Miss Saylor, Georgia, USA. https://youtu.be/DF0Ub-SqD_A 

This story is about Pete the Cat helping his friend, Tom, learn math by teaching him how to have fun with it. After reading the story, create your own math problems for your family and friends to solve.
Now try some they did for you.

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?

Read aloud by Miss Maggie, Georgia, USA

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yiutu.be&v=sxqR7XNju4a

identify eachanimal in the story and what sound each animal makes.Identify the different animals in the books. Review the colors of each animal.
Using the pattern of the story, create your own story, maybe using your family members or friends as the characters. For example, "Sister, Sister, who do you see?" "I see our Grandma looking at me." and so on. Our use other animals. Make a family book. Use paint, collage, or markers to illustrate your book.

Firefly Lights

Firefly Lights

 - Craft created by Michane - Valdosta, Georgia, USA.

This is a cool craft to make using dollar store flickering battery candles.

Very relaxing to watch. Take a deep breath and let it out slowly.

You can read the Firefly poem by Robert Frost posted to this blog April 23, 2020.

Drawing Time

Drawing Time

Grab some paper - even old envelopes are great materials!!!

You can draw ANYWHERE... Just don't draw on the wall!

But sometimes, I need some help on how to get started. Do you?

This web site has MANY different video lessons for drawing.
https://kidlit.tv/category/ready-set-draw/                      Have fun!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar     By: Eric Carle

This book is about the life cycle of a butterfly. It also talks about the days of the week and also about counting to the number five.

Read aloud by Miss Jayla, Georgia, USA 
Video Link: https://youtu.be/_GEiNE-uUfU

ACTIVITY: Cut out pictures you find food in magazines that you like to eat. Glue these to a paper plate.  

Maybe you can cook some of those foods, too!

We found a VERY fun song to go with this book. Check it out and then dance around!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tUBBh4QzTU

Red are the Apples - read aloud

Red are the Apples     Author: Marc Harshman and Cheryl Ryan Illustrator: Wade Zahares

Book Summary: This poem takes the audience through a bountiful fruit and vegetable garden in the fall. Everything in this setting is described while drawing particular attention to the vibrant colors found within it.

Activity: Discuss what you and your family would like to plant in a garden of your own. Draw a picture of the garden and write 2- 3 sentences describing what is in the garden.

Maybe you can plant one, too. See Blog posts about gardening on 4/21/20 and 4/23/20

Just Go to Bed. 

Mayer, M. (1983). New York: Western Publishing Company Inc.
Read by Miss Christina, Georgia, USA

https://youtu.be/aCcIbbDNyKY

ACTIVITY: 

After reading Just Go to Bed, count the 10 sheep as they jump over the fence. In the activity book, draw what you like to dress up as. Then we you are finished with your drawing write one sentence about what you do when you dress up as that person or character.

Bunny Cakes - Read aloud video

Bunny Cakes  by Rosemary Wells 

Read aloud by Miss Hanna, Valdosta, GA, USA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQiicp80540

This book is about Max and Ruby creating their own versions of a birthday cake for Grandma. 

ACTIVITY:  Who doesn't love cake?  Draw and create YOUR own cake creation.

Make (and EAT) a cake with your family. 

Read the book Bunny Cakesown cake creation.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQiicp8054

The Bear Went Over The Mountain

The Bear Went Over The Mountain

Here's a song you can learn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UlV1Zsd_iY

Song Lyrics

The bear went over the mountain;
The bear went over the mountain
The bear went over the mountain, to see what he could see.
And all that he could see, and all that he could see
Was the other side of the mountain,
The other side of the mountain
The other side of the mountain, was all that he could see.
The bear went over the river; the bear went over the river
The bear went over the river, to see what he could see.
And all that he could see, and all that he could see
Was the other side of the river, the other side of the river
The other side of the river, was all that he could see.
For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow, which nobody can deny.
Which nobody can deny, which nobody can deny
For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow, which nobody can deny.

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear by Don and Audrey Woody, an
d The Big Hungry Bear by Don

and Audrey Wood and Illustrated by Don Wood. This book is about a small mouse who has thisjuicy, red strawberry, but is afraid that the big, hungry bear will take the strawberry from themouse. The mouse tries everything to stop the bear, but the only thing that will work is if themouse eats the strawberry. Since the mouse eats the strawberry at the end of the book, theactivity will be for the student to create a recipe using strawberries. Then, using descriptivewords like red, sweet, creamy, soft, etc., describe the creation (add a drawing) that the parenthelped the student make.https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yiutu.be&v=sxqR7XNju4a

Read aloud by Mr. Josh, New Jersey, USA

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yiutu.be&v=sxqR7XNju4a

This book is about a small mouse who has this juicy, red strawberry, but is afraid that the big, hungry bear will take the strawberry from the mouse. The mouse tries everything to stop the bear, but the only thing that will work is if the mouse eats the strawberry. Since the mouse eats the strawberry at the end of the book, the activity will be for the student to create a recipe using strawberries. Then, using descriptive words like red, sweet, creamy, soft, etc., describe the creation (add a drawing) that the parent helped the student make.y from the

mouse. The mouse tries everything to stop the bear, but the only thing that will work is if themouse eats the strawberry. Since the mouse eats the strawberry at the end of the book, theactivity will be for the student to create a recipe using strawberries. Then, using descriptivewords like red, sweet, creamy, soft, etc., describe the creation (add a drawing) that the parenthelped the student make.https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=yiutu.be&v=sxqR7XNju4a

SCAVENGER HUNT - 3-D OBJECTS

SCAVENGER HUNT - 3-D OBJECTS

Ruby - Read Aloud

Ruby by Michael Emberley - 

 Read Aloud by Ellie - Vermont, USA

Activity: What fairy tale does this remind you of?

The setting of this story is Boston, Massachusetts, USA.  Write and illustrate your OWN version of this story in YOUR neighborhood!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytB-gf3jQi0&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1zTv6Tl49OO1RIBmjXT61WgmJKNYPsimRET3UYSmdMsmQCImtH9F4gKZY

Caterpillar from Egg Carton

Caterpillar from Egg Carton

It's spring and there are lots of caterpillars around... 

A caterpillar made of an egg box is one of the easy and interesting kids crafts of waste material. An egg box – both of expanded polystyrene and paper – is an inexhaustible source of creative evocations. 

By Nataliia On January 20, 2019In Waste Material

Read more at: 
https://tratatuha.com/creative-activities/waste-material

Read the Very Hungry Caterpillar or another butterfly book. See VOOKS and AMAZON free resources in this blog.

MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU - Day

MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU - Star Wars DAY. (MAY THE FORCE (4TH) BE WITH YOU)

2016 Star Wars Death Star Battle Read-Along Story Book and CDWorld of Reading - Level 2 Journey to a galaxy far, far away with Luke Skywalker and his friends! Explore the World of Reading The World of Reading line of e...youtube.com


ACTIVITY:


Get your light saber ready to draw.

HOW TO DRAW A CARTOON YODA:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guy9GMgOFzY&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0pYSdvb-J0E679J1JXOUbvlo4Avn0GzW4jITYcjdmRszq7_1PcUAubJyc

or

How To Draw BB-8 From Star Wars

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUZyWszwsfs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94p3UrNCl5w





DRAW Star Wars CHARACTERS














How to draw Chewbacca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94p3UrNCl5w

0:02 / 8:17

How To Draw A Cartoon Chewbacca

Cinco de Mayo - the 5th of May Celebration

Cinco de Mayo - the 5th of May Celebration

READ ALONG WITH THE READ ALOUD:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVB1jWP-9Qs&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR21bfbH81xEEGfczJiQI88XqtP6FT_zpY_oekaBp-ieLsTiDLCcljRCwNg

ACTIVITY: MAKE SOME   Sopapillas for a sweet dessert. See the recipe and video here:

 https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/23047/real-sopapillas/?fbclid=IwAR3Z1LpzsqoPCid8YcCUvqnkGOolvZzEMRx9LEzqAXkAb4gZpl-4VlZctM4

Flowers - Finger Play and Craft

Flowers - Finger Play and Craft  

Make a handprint of everyone in your family - Send it to someone special.  Maybe for Mother's Day!

“Flowers Tall and Small”  – author unknown

Flowers tall, (hold up the pointer finger, middle, and ring fingers)
Flowers small, (hold up the little finger and thumb)
Count them one by one, (use other hand to count each finger)
Blowing with the breezes (wave fingers slowly)
In the springtime sun! (Hold all fingers straight and tall)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (touch each finger as you count)

HANDPRINT FLOWER BOUQUET

https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/handprint-flower-bouquet/

Very Organized Caterpillar - craft

Very Organized Caterpillar - 

Orgainze your desk using free materials - 

Toilet Paper Tube Crafts for Kids

https://tratatuha.com/toilet-paper-roll-caterpillar-pencil-holder.html

MORE IDEAS: 

https://www.redtedart.com/cute-easy-toilet-paper-roll-crafts/

READ: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Corduroy

• CORDUROY

written and illustrated by Don Freeman

See and hear the book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNmcAnILJuY&t=109s

More Corduroy activities at the author's page: http://www.corduroybook.com

Mazes, games, matching, and coloring pages: http://www.corduroybook.com/parentseducators.html

Corduroy was missing a button on his overalls.

ACTIVITY:  Ask if your family has a button box - a collection of loose buttons.  You can sort the buttons by color, then again by size, and again by shape... Can you make designs or pictures with the buttons?