This Author Study is all about E.B. White. E.B. White wrote Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web and many other books. Throughout this week, we will read this children’s biography – A Boy, A Mouse, and a Spider – about E.B. White’s life, where E.B. White lived and more importantly, how he thought of the ideas… Read More A Boy, A Mouse, and a Spider: The Story of E.B. White
Martin Luther King Jr. had many words that were meant to make a big difference in the world! He was a preacher, but he also changed the lives of many. How do you think you can make a big difference? ONE little step can make a big change in the world! What’s YOUR word? Remember… Read More What is YOUR Word? How can YOU make a difference?
Happy New Year to all!! Happy 2020! Have you heard of making a New Years Resolution? It is like a promise to yourself that you will do your best to make a change for the better for yourself. Usually people choose to make a change for better health, for helping your family, for focusing on… Read More Happy New Year! Have you made your New Years Resolution yet?
Let’s have some fun exploring a bunch of the holidays together! What will you learn about Diwali? Or Kwanzaa? Or have you ever seen the similarities between Christmas and St. Nicholas Day? Or how about how Hanukkah, St. Lucia Day, Chinese New Year, and all the others are really about the Festival of Lights and… Read More Festival of Lights of all the Winter Holidays
What a beautiful book written and illustrated by Matt Tavares! We enjoyed it and then learned all of the AMAZING facts about this year’s traditional piece of nature in NYC! The Rockefeller Center Tree! This year’s tree was from Florida, New York – that is 60 miles from NYC! Did you know that there are… Read More Red & Lulu – History behind the Rockefeller Center Tree 2019
Gingerbread Baby written and illustrated by Jan Brett A young boy and his mother bake a gingerbread baby that escapes from their oven and leads a crowd on a wild chase similar to the one in the familiar tale of the not-so-clever gingerbread man. With a partner, cut out the map pieces found HERE.… Read More Throwback from Ms. Eyer’s Library Critical Thinking Challenges: Gingerbread books and coding, Oh my!
Realtor, John Patrick Schutz writes ” Harvesting of ice for storage purposes and meal enhancement at restaurants began commercially in the USA in 1805 and demand skyrocketed as modern convenience and the middle class both expanded to become part of the everyday life of the young USA. The ice was stored in three ice houses,… Read More Throwback from Ms. Eyer’s Library Critical Thinking Challenges: Then and Now
What an amazing journey the Thanksgiving Parade has gone through! All started with Tony Sarg – someone who saw a vision for a Christmas parade! We had the opportunity to look at the timeline of so many years of floats over time! Let’s get involved in a bunch of fun activities all around the… Read More Have you ever been to or watched the Thanksgiving Day Parade!