Bilingual Wednesdays- Oso Pardo

June 25th  was  Eric Carle  birthday and we celebrated his life and wonderful work with my kids. Either in English and Spanish I LOVE his books!

These are some ideas for the Spanish Brown Bear, Brown Bear What can you see? 

"Oso Pardo, Oso Pardo, qué puedes ver?"

Some words you can teach in Spanish

Bear: Oso

Bird:Pájaro

Cat:Gato

Duck:Pato

Frog:Rana

Horse:Caballo

Sheep:Oveja

Dog:Perro

Teacher:Maestra

Children:Niños

And you can also review colours: brown, red, white, black, blue, green, yellow, golden, orange,purple.

This is how I prepare a Take me home bag for the book

Oso Pardo, Oso Pardo, que puedes ver?

yo puedo ver una rana verde mirándome a mi!

I added the book and puppets and glove for retelling the story

We colour, cut and store characters in the book in a retelling bag.

I pasted a pocket in the books with activity cards for independent and guided reading. I made  Spanish flashcards to review the characters from the story.

Download the freebies in my blog

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Show and Tell #107

Turn your driveway into a giant game board with the fun (and educational) idea from Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational.

The Iced Tea play dough from JDaniel4's Mom seems like an interesting way to put our leftover sun tea to good use.

Kitchen Fun with My 3 Boys put together a clever Father's Day snack that would be fun all summer long! 

It's your turn!

 

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USA Movement and Music

Hi, I'm Jedda from This Little Project.  With Independence Day coming up, we've been working on our country's geography in one of our favorite ways: with music and movement!

I have a four-year-old and she goes around the house singing the names of all 50 states in alphabetical order.  I love the magic that music gives children!

Here is the song she's been singing:

I love how this video shows the shapes of the states.  It helps her to "see" the state she is singing about and now she can point to and name all her states on a map too.

My six-year-old son already knows his states so he's been singing along with this song that is about each state and the order they joined the union:

This song is fun for learning or reviewing the state capitals:

One game we like to play with the US map is the, Map Munching Game AND the"Don't eat the State" games!  This is a really fun way to review and learn new state geography.

Another game we like to play is with an inflated globe.  We call it "Where in the U.S. is....?"  or "Where in the world is....?"

I hope these movement and music ideas make learning even more fun for you too!

Be sure to stop by This Little Project for more fun {little} learning ideas :)

Happy Fourth of July!

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Summer Fruit Series: Strawberries

Our family spent time this week picking, tipping, and washing berries before making them into jams and sauces to last through the year.  Yum!  Here are some strawberry inspired lessons, crafts, and activities for you to enjoy.

Muffin Tin Mom put together a strawberry snack perfect for after school.

Visit Strawberryville for some online education and entertainment.

CalStrawberry shares a lesson plan appropriate for 1st-4th graders to look at the math and geography of strawberries.  The link includes a little berry quiz.

These easy to make Strawberry Sachets from Country Living would make a sweet summer gift.

Extract DNA from a Strawberry for this advanced science lesson.  My kids enjoyed this lesson at a special science night at school this year.

Use strawberries to practice adding and subtracting 3-digit numbers with this lesson plan intended for 3rd grade students.

The Strawberry Patch has a wealth of resources for a Strawberry unit including: facts, poems, crafts, taste testing, math activities, and much more!

She Knows suggests 5 Craft Ideas to be made using strawberry crates.

Central Florida Memory links to several lesson sin a unit on the book Strawberry Girl.

easyStrawberryrecipes.com is a fun resource for all the strawberry recipes you might desire.

Sarah's Journal has a recipe for strawberry play dough.

We love the book The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear.  This lesson in predicting is appropriate for K-2nd grade students.

Hey Section 40 explains a thematic writing lesson where students are encouraged to write a short ode to a strawberry.

Engaging Lessons and Activities has a download of math and literacy activities for Strawberry Day available for 1.99.

Below is a brief lesson in drawing a perfect strawberry.

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Show and Tell #106

Science Spark used sugar cubes for a simple experiment.

Raise a Boy shares 5 beginning yoga poses appropriate for children.  This post is the second in a 2 part series on the topic.

Stay at Home Educator shares a simple, yet entertaining, letter stacking game for practicing the ABCs.

It's your turn!

 

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~Include a link back to us or include our link button in your post or sidebar.


~Please try to visit and comment on at least three links. This adds to the positive collaboration that makes our learning cooperative a success!


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Teaching with Ticia: Yankee Doodle

I love Yankee Doodle.  It's a fun song, it's easy to teach to kids, and there's history behind it.

I'm bringing this up because we're about to hit 4th of July and this is a great time to teach this song to our kids.  Ages ago, I wrote my first post about it with just the poem, here's a short mini-unit to do on this fun song.

LANGUAGE ARTS

1.  Look for the rhyming words.  Check out Mary Ann Hoberman's Yankee Doodle book.  It's a great example of making a parody of a rhyme and still keeping the original flavor.  What part of the rhyme is over the top and what parts could really happen?

2.  Look up what a macaroni is.  Write both a denotative (dictionary definition) and a connotative (your own words) definition.  It is a great way to truly internalize a word's meaning.

MATH

1.  Graphing- graph the vowels or choose a few consonants to graph.  It's a great exercise in prediction skills to think of which one will happen most frequently.

SOCIAL STUDIES

1.  Search for pictures of a "Macaroni."  Then draw what someone might look like today when we say "Macaroni."

2.  Read and find out the history behind the song Yankee Doodle.  Would you have been proud to be called a Yankee Doodle if you knew it was an insult?

COOKING

1.  Make hasty pudding like in the second verse of the song.

MUSIC AND MOVEMENT

1.  Yankee Doodle was nearly chosen for our national anthem.  Listen to "My Country Tis of Thee," "Star Spangled Banner," and "This Land is My Land."  All of these songs have been put forth at one time for a national anthem.  If you were choosing a song, what would you choose?

2.  Try marching in beat to the music.  Or play the game found here.

ART

1.  Make a newspaper hat and decorate it with feathers to make it a "Macaroni hat."

2.  Since this is a patriotic song, try making art using only red, white, and blue.  How does the picture turn out?  What color stands out most?  Try combining different mediums.  Does it change the artwork if you paint and then color with crayons?

What would you do with Yankee Doodle?

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Summer Fun List Suggestions

Over the last several weeks I have run across many  summer fun list suggestions.  Here are a few ideas {and lists} that grabbed my attention.  Hopefully you will find some inspiration for enjoying the season!

Teach Beside Me filled a box with boredom busters for lazy summer days.

Playing House shares their list (and several links) for summer fun suggestions.

Reading Confetti puts together an A to Z list of summer activities.

Doing Life Together takes their Bucket List literally in the summertime.

Quirky Momma linked up to last week's Show and Tell post with 6 Cool Summer Activities.

Six Sisters' Stuff lists 100 Ideas for Summer Fun.

A List Maker's Life  hangs the summer fun to dos out on the line.

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