Linky Book Party

This is going to be short and sweet.  I'm exhausted with 12 days of school left.  With only comments left on my report cards, a classroom to close up, Father's Day presents to make and don't forget the end of the year performance to put on...yes, my head wants to hit the bed.

 

So last Friday, my co-workers and I decided to have a camping day.  Each one of us had a different center in our room.  One was making a trail mix, another painting a campfires with big marshmallows, there were 3 others that escape my mind right now and then mine.  I decided to have the children make fireflies!

Fireflies (Lightening Bugs) bring me back to my childhood when we used to catch them in a jar.  My family and I were camping during Memorial day weekend and we saw a lot of fireflies this year.  When the children entered the classroom, they sat on the rug and I turned the lights off.  The fun began with a reading of The Very Lonely Firefly by Eric Carle.  How did I read this if the lights were off?  With a flashlight of course!  They kids loved it!!!

When the book was over, I read them a firefly poem that they would later put on their craft project.  Then they went back to the tables that were decorated with lanterns to give them more of a camping feel.  The children worked very hard and loved every minute of this activity.

One of My Favorite Books

This is one of my favorite books to read to the children.  I tend to read it at the beginning of the year.

The story is about a young boy who lives next to a nursing home.  He is good friends with many of the people who reside there.  His best friend is Miss Nancy Alison Delacourt Cooper because she has four names like him.  In the story, Wilfred helps Miss Nancy find her "memory," by asking the others what a memory is.


Make sure you hop over to Deanna Jump's Blog to see what other books people recommend!