After reading Joyce’s post on avatars, I went to play at the make a Lego avatar site.
Entries Tagged as ‘education’
August 30, 2009
Daniel Pink on Motivation
Clarence Fisher posted this and I think it’s well worth watching. Enjoy.
August 18, 2009
A Color of His Own – Leo Lionni
A chameleon is sad to not have a color of his own which he sees in other animals. He meets another chameleon and together they find they can enjoy this difference in their way of being.
Rating ✓ #1 (Highly Recommended) #2 #3 #4 (Not acceptable)
Interest Level: 1-3 Reading Level: 1
Curriculum Area: Language Arts
Themes/Topics: personal and [...]
August 18, 2009
Leo Lionni – Planning a unit
I’m working on a unit plan for a Leo Lionni unit for this fall with a grade one/two classroom. I thought I’d blog the books to keep track of them and the possibilities for curriculum connections and themes. I thought I’d also link them to other resources I find as I go. [...]
July 26, 2009
Rosie and Buttercup
Author: Chieri Uegaki Copyright Date: 2008
Ilustrator: Stéphanie Jorisch
Chieri Uegaki offers a well-told story in Rosie and Buttercup. The difficulties in being an older sister provide her with a a believable situation and she treats us to enchanting characters. Uegaki handles her characters’ circumstances with touches of humour. Stephanie Jorisch supplies clean attractive illustrations which [...]
July 22, 2009
Ben’s Bunny Trouble
Author: Daniel Wakeman and Dirk van Stralen Copyright Date: 2007
Ben’s Bunny Trouble is an enjoyable story which invites dialogue between the reader and the illustrations. This wordless book has well-drawn and engaging illustrations in a cartoon/graphic format. Ben’s Bunny Trouble is appealing for personal book enjoyment. It demands an engaged and active reader to [...]
July 22, 2009
There’s a Cow under my Bed
Author: Valerie Sherrard Copyright Date: 2008
Illustrator: David Jardine
Valerie Sherrard has an interesting idea for a book here. She used a child’s view on idiomatic expressions to drive her comic poetic picture book. David Jarine’s illustrations are dark and odd. They feel a bit unfinished. The books strikes me as needing some editing both in [...]
July 22, 2009
Mechanimals
Author: Chris Tougas Copyright Date: 2007
A child pleasing story from Chris Tougas. Mechanimals has an imaginative plot, fun characters and creatures and enjoyable and vibrant pictures. This picture book would make an excellent addition to your K-8 library. It would be useful for both pleasure reading and instruction. An excellent piece for teaching story [...]
July 22, 2009
Lily and the Paper Man
Author: Rebecca Upjohn Copyright Date:2007
Illustrator: Renné Benoit
Rebecca Upjohn creates a heartwarming story about the young girl Lily and her interactions on the way home from school. The Paper Man is a homeless man who is frightening to her. Upjohn manages the material with finesse and does not get too didactic. The story is accompanied by [...]
July 22, 2009
Making Grizzle Grow
Author: Rachna Gilmore Copyright Date: 2007
Emily is angry when she goes out to play in the yard during the winter. Her father won’t come out and play with her. She makes a dinosaur to attract her father’s attention and puts her anger into her play. When things get big and scary, her father helps her [...]
