Re: craft activities for books (fwd)

[Mary Ziller <sg93xaw8@MATH.UPENN.EDU>]

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> From sg93xaw8@hans.math.upenn.edu  Sat Sep  1 12:36:51 2001
> From: Mary Ziller <sg93xaw8@math.upenn.edu>
> Message-Id: <200109011636.f81Gaoa02220@hans.math.upenn.edu>
> Subject: Re: craft activities for books
> To: sg93xaw8@math.upenn.edu
> Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 12:36:50 -0400 (EDT)
> Cc: maryziller@yahoo.com
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>"sg93xaw8@math.upenn.edu" at Sep 1, 2001 12:28:53 pm
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> > STORYTIME CRAFTS
> >
> > go to www.dogpile.com or your favorite search engine and search on the
> > following string:
> >
> > +free +printable +"coloring pages"
> >
> > Another search would be
> >
> > +(paperdolls OR "paper dolls") +printable
> >
> > You can also be specific if you have a particular book or illustrator
> > or topic in mind.
> >
> > +"coloring page" +"sea shells"
> >
> > brought up the fllowing link, for example:
> >
> > http://www.janbrett.com/owl_shells_coloring.htm
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------
> >
> > Here are my favorite book related craft activities:
> >
> > We made stick puppets of the Berenstain Bears and acted out thee story
> > Inside outside Upside Down.  Then we acted out The Three Bears using
> > our puppets, Sister Bear was Goldilocks, and Brother Bear was Baby
> > Bear, Mama and Papa Berenstain played Mama and Papa bear.  Once I read
> > the story in German, and made oatmeal "porridge" for the children to
> > enjoy.
> >
> > http://www.berenstainbears.com/dressup.html
> >
> > We used the Berenstain Bears paperdolls and clothes when I read Jessie
> > Bear, Jessie Bear
> > What will You Wear?
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --------
> >
> > We made paperbag handpuppets of the old lady who swallowed a fly and
> > Bown Bear Brown Bear What do you See? I have the commercial puppets
> > that go with the books (the Old Lady and Bill Martin's Brown Bear) and
> > the children really enjoyed acting out the story's and then
> > making puppets.  One girl told me a week later that she is still
> > playing with her puppet.
> >
> > The older children drew the animals (I demonstrated how they can use
> > shapes like rectangles, triangles and circles to make a primitive but
> > recognizable representation of each animal the old lady ate--Mom's were
> > impressed)  The younger children received a coloring page of the
> > animals which they colored, cut out, and pasted to old card catalog
> > cards to make them stiff.  The pieces were put into a big pocket we
> > made on the paperbag puppet, as the old lady "ate" each animal.
> >
> > I also used the following url for making a flip-page coloring book to
> > accompany "I know an old lady who swallowed a fly".
> >
> > http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/coloring/ladyfly/
> >
> > There are also other coloring pages for rhymes.
> >
> > This is the url for the Brown Bear coloring pages:
> > http://www.dltk-kids.com/books/brownbear/
> > ---------------------------------------------------------
> > Sometimes the children just colored while I read.  They loved the
> > Arthur pages when I read Arthur books.
> >
> > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/arthur/dw/coloring/index.html
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > One other paperdoll page I handed out for coloring was
> > http://www.makingfriends.com/f_Friends.htm
> >
> > Another page I liked for its costumes was
> > http://www.crosswinds.net/~internationalfriends/
> > It was not working today when I checked, but maybe it will come back up
> > when school
> > starts.
> >
> > Another page for paper dolls is
> > http://www.ameritech.net/users/macler/paperdolls.html
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > http://www.abcteach.com/StudentTeachers/StudentTeacher.htm
> >
> > is a pages that offers graphic organizers and other resources for new
> > teachers.  Although not directly on nyour topic for crafts, it looked
> > interesting.
> > -----------------------------
> > Good luck!
> >
> > Mary Ziller
> > Overbrook Park Library
> > Philadelphia, PA
> > maryziller@yahoo.com
> > sg93xaw8@math.upenn.edu
> >
> > Quoting Rita Mayer <Mediamayer@AOL.COM>:
> >
> > > Hello, all, & welcome to the new school year!
> > >
> > > A first-grade teacher at my school has expressed an interest in
> > > collaborating
> > > in arts & crafts as a follow-up activity to my media time
> > > storytelling. I'm a
> > > new media specialist with no background in this area. Do any of
> > > you have any
> > > ideas or suggestions, or perhaps know of a website where I can
> > > get someideas...
>

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