To help out a third grade teacher friend, I drafted a Google slide for a Mother’s Day craft. She chose to print out the slides and have students write what makes the mother figure special to them, but if you want to work on typing skills you could share the slide and then print their answers. They can color, cut and arrange the flowers with a vase or without. To make a copy of the slide click here. Images below show the teacher and student example. Happy Mother’s Day!
I’ve been making themed coloring murals for a few years now, and I still get a huge kick out of watching kids and adults stop in for a coloring brain break. This year’s holiday one was a bit longer than usual. I have learned to add more small coloring pieces that are LOWer down on the mural for the smaller friends who stop by. And while I have to calm my inner perfectionism when someone colors Santa’s suit pink, the whole thing is quite a mindful, calming practice if done intentionally. Happy coloring.
I was lucky enough to visit a second grade classroom this week to share a bitmoji food themed library I curated. It is a WONDERFUL class, because the teacher is ALWAYS on. I do not think she stops, sits down, or rests until the kids are home for the summer. Mrs. H. allowed me some time to share the room with the kids and to show them examples of restaurant menus that were kid friendly (lots to find with any google image search). They even had some good suggestions of books I should have added to the room!
We looked at the elements of design of these menus and then we had some free drawing time to illustrate a menu of their own featuring their favorite foods (some from the titles they choose to read first). Visit http://bit.ly/bgbsfoodie and make your own copy to edit as you like.
the big green bookshelf 