This week we began an author study of the author/illustrator Leo Lionni. If you haven't heard of him he's probably most famous for his book Swimmy, which won a Caldecott MANY years ago. I love to teach with LL's books because they deal with important themes like friendship, individuality, the power of words, and the beauty of nature in ways that children can easily understand. After reading his book, A Color of His Own the children created paintings that showed how a chameleon could change color on different objects.
Over the next few weeks I'll post more about our learning with Leo Lionni's books.
On Friday afternoon we needed to quickly adjust to the rain that prevented us from building with natural materials out in the courtyard as we have done in the past. So, we utilized a surprise basket full of colorful bits of nature (flower petals, dried grasses, dried flowers, small sticks, etc.) AND sparkly marbles that we called "a little magic touch", to build incredible "small worlds" right in our room! Take a look and also, take a guess as to who may have left the surprise basket...the children think they know!
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