Great Book!

Back again!  As promised, I wanted to share a new book that I found while vacationing in Tennessee.  It is called, The Numberlys,  by William Joyce and Christina Ellis.

This imaginative story is about a group of characters who lived in a world of numbers.  Nothing had a name.  Everything had a number.  There are 5 "Numberlys" who decide that something more is needed.  They set off on their own to make numbers better.  At first their efforts are not so good.  However, after much effort, they create letters.  They end up creating the letters of the alphabet.  From here, the letters combine to make words.  These words name things and the world is a better place.

This creative story has so many different uses.  It is great for separating the difference between letters and numbers.  I plan to use it to show that "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."  Many times students want to give up so quickly.  If they stick with it, they can accomplish so much.  The building where I teach is economically low.  Families really have a difficult time making ends meet.  Yet the kids come to school each day ready to learn and meet the challenges of the day.  I hope this book will be an encouragement to them.

Just a little side note, William Joyce does Olympic curling and has written and illustrated other titles such as The Man in the Moon; the Guardians series; and the #1 New York Times - bestselling The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.

In the next couple of days, I hope to share with you some Back to School pics and ideas I will be doing this upcoming school year.



Snow Day Fun!

Like many of you, today was a snow day!  I enjoy these days as I just get to be a mom!  My two little boys are full of energy and keep things active at home.  They are ages 5 and 3 (soon to be).  Today, I decided it was a good day to try some Snow Ice Cream!  Below is the recipe and some pictures of our adventure.  It was really tasty and fun to make!

Snow Ice Cream:

1 cup milk

1/4 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla

*Mix together in a bowl

Add:  4 cups fresh clean snow

We added strawberries for more flavor!

This is the finished product!  I think our next variety will be using chocolate milk and adding peanuts and minimarshmallows for a Rocky Road ice cream from show!

The boys also had fun making a Purdy puppet.  This is a penguin paper bag puppet that I put together to compliment a series of mini books I created and have for sale on my Teachers Pay Teachers store.

Below are some pictures of the bag puppets.  They really turned out cute!

I have created 3 stories about Purdy the Penguin so far with more stories coming!  They are Happy New Year, Purdy!, Purdy's Valentine, and Purdy Goes to the Winter Games.  All of these sets contain a bag puppet pattern, mini book/story to print and color, comprehension pages at two levels, grammar/phonics practice, color word page, and game.

 Click here to check out my TpT store and find samples from these sets.