Wednesday, April 29, 2020

It's a beautiful spring day! Let's plant!

Spring is when we plant and grow a garden!
Click on the cover below to read a great new book from the Yasmin series!


If you need a sign in code, it is 
username: continue
password: reading

Then do the following activity with all those extra toilet paper rolls you have around the house!


Let's get growing!

Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Happy Earth Day!

This morning I went to Explore.org again and checked in with the baby eagles on the web cam and the mom was feeding them a dead fish! Yeech! But I think they liked it a lot. They are growing up!

https://explore.org/livecams/currently-live/decorah-eagles-north-nest

What a great way to start Earth Day! Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a day set aside to recognize what a great planet we live on and what we can do to help our world - even while we are stuck at home. So go outside on this beautiful day and look for something big or small in this world that is beautiful and great!

If you want to read more about Earth Day, go to this ebook and explore and then find another animal ebook on this site to read about!



https://abdodigital.com/browse/title/?pid=25190

This book has QR codes throughout the book that you can click on find out more including videos!

Thursday, April 16, 2020

The Most Magnificent Thing!

Are you missing Makerspace? I am. 
But now you have plenty of time to make MAGNIFICENT inventions with things you find around your house. Need some inspiration? 

Here's a great book for you, read by an inventor. 

Click on the book cover for the read-aloud.


Now are you ready to create? 

Need more inspiration? 
Let's go to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry for help. 
Their site is FULL of great science experiments, information, games, videos and FUN!

Here's a great place to start - with a game called Simple Machines.
Can you beat it? 

Click on the picture below to go to the game! Have fun!



Thursday, April 9, 2020

Ready for some eggs!

Today's book is about EGGS!
It is one fun book that is a favorite in the library...
REX FINDS AN EGG, EGG, EGG!
Here is a youtube read aloud done by some kids that are good readers. 
I bet you can read along with them.



After you click on the picture above hear the story, maybe you want to make a bouncy egg. 
All you need is some vinegar and a raw egg. 
You can add the inside of a highlighter to make it extra cool. 
Here's the directions:



Have fun! Happy Easter!


Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Bald Eagles - Live!

Stuck inside and want to see something cool? 
Explore.org has live cameras set up to see wildlife. 
This one has a BALD EAGLE sitting on a nest of eggs! Click on the picture!


Explore.org also has links to elephants, gorillas, puppies and more! 
I could spend all day watching this. Maybe I'll get to see the babies hatch!

Find out more information about your animal on our database: Pebble Go!
User name: bdfd and password: reads

Tell me what you find out in the comments below!

Friday, April 3, 2020

Wolfie the Bunny!

Can you trust your brother? 
Your Mom trusts him. 
You Dad trusts him. 
But isn't he just a wolf in a bunny suit? 

Click on the Wolfie the Bunny to have the book read aloud 
by the author and the illustrator. 
Aren't they silly? 


Love and trust is something to be shared.
Now that you have heard the book,
let's learn how to draw Wolfie
as told by the illustrator, Zachariah O'Hora.


Send me your drawings in the comment section below!