May 4, 2007
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Angelina's Birthday
by Katharine Holabird
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A wonderful way to encourage multi-sensory learning, and to get the most from the TV you and your children watch, is to create a learning triangle. A learning triangle is TV that teaches + storybooks + hands-on activities that are all related to one theme or skill. It is the View, Read, Do concept of learning. The learning triangle can follow any order, at any time!
This Sunday WQLN will be celebrating Angelina Ballerina's birthday with 150 children and their parents at the Angelina Ballerina Dance Party.
Birthdays are a great time to celebrate and a great time to learn! At Angelina's Dance Party, we're going to use a learning triangle to make our day fun and educational!
If a Program You Watch Takes You to a Birthday Party:
- Make a birthday card or a party hat
- Sing happy birthday in your native language or learn to sing the song in another language
- Make a recipe chart of the ingredients needed to make a birthday cake
- Before or after watching the program, read a book such as Angelina's Birthday.
- Make a piñata or play pin the tail on the donkey
May 11, 2007
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The Kids' Family Tree Book
by Caroline Leavitt
Me and the Family Tree
by Carole Boston Weatherford
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Make a child's family tree from a small tree branch and construction paper. You can acquaint your child with their ancestry by making this simple and pretty family tree.
Materials:
- Sky blue and green construction paper
- Crayons or markers
- Scissors
- Some yarn
- A hole punch
- Styrofoam or paper cup
- A lump of play dough or other clay
- Glue stick
Instructions:
Find a twig with many branches and place the twig into clay or play dough that is in the bottom of a Styrofoam cup. Using construction paper, cut and decorate a number of leaves to go onto the twigs. Paper punch each leaf as a way to attach the leaf to the twig. Write family's members' names and roles in the family on each of the tree's leaves.
May 18, 2007
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Flat Stanley
by Jeff Brown
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First, read the story "Flat Stanley" by Jeff Brown. Then create a flat version of yourself!
Supplies needed:
- Poster Board
- Crayons or markers
- Scissors
After you've created a flat version of yourself, begin writing a letter to accompany you on your trips. In this letter you'll want to ask many questions about the places you'll be visiting. Ask questions about what their town is like, how many students attend their school, what interesting things are in the area, etc. And remember, a "Flat Stanley" may visit you one day too. So, be prepared to answer these questions about your home too. This is a great way to spark an interest in research. This simple research can be done by talking with grandparents and parents, contacting people at the City Hall or the local library or using the Internet.
Next, decide where you would like to visit. This is a great way to begin developing an interest in geography. Make a list of all of the places that you'd like to visit one day and locate them on a map. Finally, pick one place to start with and send your flat self there in a sturdy envelop along with the letter you created.
Hopefully, your flat self will be returned with a story of an imaginary venture complete with pictures, video, and a journal entry.
May 25, 2007
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The Little Ladybug
by Jourdan Devant
Are You A Ladybug?
by Judy Allen
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This is an easy way to make ladybugs using egg cartons, crayons or markers, scissors, and pipe cleaners. Googly eyes are a nice touch.
Materials:
- crayons or markers
- scissors
- and pipe cleaners
- googly eyes
Instructions:
- Separate one cup from an egg carton.
- Using markers or tempera paint, children can paint the egg carton cup red. Then, using black paint, color in the head, and make spots on the body.
- Using the point of a scissors, an adult should make 6 small holes (3 on each side) at the base of the cup (these will be for the legs). Make 2 small holes (for antennae) where the top of the head will be.
- Insert a black pipe cleaner into each a side hole and out the other side for the legs. Use half a pipe cleaner for the antennae.
- Glue on googly eyes or paint on white eyes.
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