Learning is fun!
Posted in apps, bilingual, first grade, kindergarten, and spelling
Bilingual kindergarteners and first graders had fun taking turns playing spelling games with Osmo last week. Did you know Osmo WORDS has a Spanish word bank? They had fun testing it out last week in the Jackson Library! I found out about this excellent resource from the Jenine Dowdy, the Sigler Librarian on Twitter. Follow her at @SiglerLC!
Posted in apps, kindergarten, picture book lesson, and reading skills
Kindergarteners at Jackson became sleuths this week when we read the famous artist Jon Burgerman’s book, Rhyme Crime. They laughed out loud at the funny drawings and rhyming pairs in the book. When Hammy’s hat was swapped for a cat, the kids had to come to the poster put the cat on Hammy’s head. They loved solving the riddle of how the thief escaped jail at the end! We played the Partners in Rhyme app during check out. After check out, we played Jack Hartmann’s fun interactive rhyming game!
Posted in apps, kindergarten, and Pre-K
Pre-K and kindergarteners enjoyed activities based on Ehlert’s Leaf Man book this past week! We created leaf creatures using the magnetic board and manipulative leaves. The kids had to guess the creature the child was making. Then they used the Labo Lado Leaf app to create virtual leaf creatures during check out. Fun!
Posted in first grade, kindergarten, and picture book lesson
Kindergarteners and first graders sure did have fun this week in the Jackson Library counting the monkeys! We read this hilarious book by Mac Barnett and then the kids designed their own monkey counting page like the ones that DIDN’T appear in the story! At the computer station, they played a monkey numerical order game and checked out books. Fun!
Make a page for a counting book
Bananas Song on Safeshare TV
Posted in first grade, kindergarten, and picture book lesson
Kindergarteners and first graders had fun in the Jackson Library last week with Pete the Cat! After reading Pete the Cat: Rockin’ in My School Shoes, the kids pretended Pete was at Jackson Elementary and thought of something he might love at school. They created their own book page! Then they explored Starfall at the computer station.
