Book Extension Activities

Sep 13 min read

An Exhibition of Bookish Art

This banner features titles beginning with the coordinating alphabet from our collection in the library As a Library Educator, I am...

Oct 16, 20232 min read

The Paper Plane Flew

For the last library period of term, I was looking for a story that was fun, that would take the children on a flight of imagination and...

Jul 3, 20222 min read

Growing with Yoga...a book to stretch through.

I LOVE yoga and I LOVE children’s books. . When both of them come together, I cannot be the posture-holding, slow breathing yogi. As the...

Oct 25, 20213 min read

Amrita Shergil...born to be an artist

There are times as an educator, when the children’s comments can make it painfully clear that you have not thought out or planned the...

Sep 14, 20212 min read

The Joy of Art...The Museum by Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds

It was the last week of the first term and I had wound up the first part of our art theme. Plans for the next term are underway, books...

Sep 2, 20213 min read

The Art of Miss Chew and gratitude for our own teachers.

This was going to be a special read-aloud for me. It was the first time that I was sharing one of my favourite children’s book authors...

Aug 20, 20212 min read

Starry-eyed with Van Gogh

Many requests for ‘Starry Night’ moved one artist up the list of books chalked out for our art theme. A few seemed familiar with the...

Jul 1, 20213 min read

An art-ISH theme

Every term I like to plan around a theme...the idea usually pops up a few months earlier, often inspired by new books added to my...

Jun 8, 20212 min read

A Book filled with Sharing and Gratitude

I love how food brings people together, often accompanied by laughter, stories, love, friendship, camaraderie and sharing. I love when ...