Handwriting Practice

Handwriting Practice

Recently on one of the yahoo groups I belong to someone posted the best idea for writing.  It was from the program – Write from the Beginning.  I do not know how the program is structured but what I gleaned from the post on yahoo – this is what I have...
It’s Jack’s Beanstalk!

It’s Jack’s Beanstalk!

One of my favorite things is to create the atmosphere in the classroom that supports and expands the ideas we are currently exploring.  With Jack and the Beanstalk I love making a huge beanstalk.  Here is how I do this! Step One:  Pull off three long rolls from your...
Jack and the Bean Sprouts!

Jack and the Bean Sprouts!

I like to start our study of seeds and plants with the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.  We plant pole beans and other seeds to grow over the next few months.  But in the meantime, it is so powerful to demonstrate how a bean “sprouts” by growing sprouts. ...
A Little Seed Drama

A Little Seed Drama

This is an sweet little poem I love to act out as we explore the world seeds and beans.  It is an adaptation of two poems. The little brown seeds went to sleep in the ground. In their little brown nightgowns they slept very sound. Old Winter, he roared and he raged...