Oh, The Places You’ll Go Balloon Art

I ran across this gem and had to share just in time for Dr. Seuss’ birthday!

On this page, Mrs. Winter shares some Seuss related crafts and activities she did with her class. She shares the easy projects they made to go along with 3 Dr. Seuss books they read: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Horton Hears a Who, and Oh, the Places You’ll Go. While I have seen quite a few crafts inspired by the fish and Horton, I don’t recall seeing any for Oh, the Places You’ll Go. I think that is why this hot air balloon picture caught my eye.

While Mrs. Winter doesn’t share specific directions for making this craft, it looks pretty easy to figure out simply by looking at the picture. If you want to add a little dimension to the picture, I suggest using cotton balls for the clouds and piece of yarn to tether the balloon to the basket. Don’t forget to leave the top of the basket open so you can slide a picture into it!

Read the entire blog post and see all three crafts projects here: Pre-K with Mrs. Winter – Dr. Seuss.

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Celebrate Reading with Read Across America Day

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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