And just what is the best children's book ever written?
I'm sure there are a lot of guesses. I'm sure each person has their own memories surrounding their personal favorite. Just as I do. And to me, what will forever be the earmarked book of my childhood is Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are.
There isn't a lot to actually read in the book. The verbal content is quite small. But this allows for amazing creativity to come into play.
The crafts I came up with (sometimes with a little help from the internet) have been really enjoyable and super engaging for my students. And while the vocabulary is a bit unusual (I don't know when my 3rd and 4th graders are ever going to use 'gnashed' or 'snarled', but at any rate - they now know what it means) it still allows for focused educational activities.
But really it's all about the crafts! And we've been busy making art!
We've colored pictures and the black and white pages of their photocopied books....
We've painted monsters using toliet paper rolls...
We've made monster masks using paper plates and colored paper...
And tomorrow we'll finsih the week off by seeing Max sail safely back to his room where his supper sits waiting.
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