Happy Earth Day

On Friday we read The Earth Book by Todd Parr. We then generated the above list of ways we could help take care of the earth.  I did not add "put your underwear in the freezer" although that was clearly the kids favorite part of the book.  I'm just not sure how that saves the environment (instead of air conditioning maybe?) Several of my kiddos were going to try it, so I'll have a report tomorrow :) My poster was inspired by one I found on Pinterest that was made by Terri at A Cupcake for the Teacher. (such cute ideas on that blog!)   Happy Earth Day all!

Earth Day - What a Wonderful World

As part of our Earth Day celebration, my class listens to Louis Armstrong singing What a Wonderful World. I LOVE this song.  After we listen to the music (laying on our backs with our eyes closed) at least 2  times, we generate a list of pictures we could draw to illustrate the song.  I then ask for volunteers for each idea.  This year, I printed the lyrics right on watercolor paper.  I will give each child one page and have them illustrate their page with crayons. They will then use diluted watercolors to paint over the whole page.  It really does make a beautiful book.  Some years I have put a pocket page on the back of our book for a cd of the song.  I then send the book home each night with a different child.
This is the google doc of this year's book: What a Wonderful World Book.  If you have trouble uploading it, please email me and I will send you the word document.