Tag: book and activity

  • Me on the Map: My Neighborhood

    Me on the Map: My Neighborhood

    In your neighborhood, in your neighborhood? Does anyone else remember that song from Sesame Street?  And, no this isn’t about community helpers. This is continuing our Me on the Map unit with a neighbor lesson. Continuing our beginner geography lesson. (there are affiliate links in here) Me on the Map: My Neighborhood About a week…

  • Read the secret message

    Read the secret message

    Sometimes you get a happy accident, such happened when I went to the library to get some dog books, and found a book mentioning invisible ink using lemon juice. I knew this could turn into all sorts of fun lessons. This started off as a science lesson as we learned about chemistry and how heat…

  • Nursery Rhyme: Diddle Diddle Dumpling

    Nursery Rhyme: Diddle Diddle Dumpling

    I’ve had this nursery rhyme stuck in my head for a while, so I figured to make it with the kids to help with it being stuck there. There’s something about the Diddle Diddle Dumpling nursery rhyme that sticks in my head, and I have to say adding it to our Nursery Rhyme book did…

  • How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

    How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World

    I first ran into “How to Make an Apple Pie and See the World” back in high school taking a “pretend you’re a teacher” class. At least I think that’s where I did. Otherwise, it was my first year teaching and we used it for a nutrition unit and geography lesson. Either way, this How…

  • Very Hungry Caterpillar lessons

    Very Hungry Caterpillar lessons

    If there is one book almost everyone knows for preschool, it’s Eric Carle’s Very Hungry Caterpillar. I remember reading the Very Hungry Caterpillar in preschool (I should say having it read to me), and I remember reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar when I taught school and we studied butterflies, and of course, now we had…