Photo Update - Wrapping Up 2012

My husband designed the new train seats in the Children's area at the county library:

Below are some final random photos for the year, including the first day of school for our older elementary students and a field trip to Old Man's Cave to see a program by Naturalist Pat Quackenbush.

I was impressed to learn that three children from our group had all been honored by their elementary school teachers as "Students of the Month" - so proud of them!

Group Literacy Project

In conjunction with an assignment for a course that I am taking on Intentional Teaching, the "big kids" recently completed a group literacy project.  First, the children chose a book.  They selected The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri.  We read the book several times.

Next came the planning phase.

They assigned characters,



designed the set,







and found items to create costumes.




Then came rehearsal:



And the final production:

Great work, everyone. Take a bow!




There are two copies of this book at the Logan-Hocking County District Library. The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri may also be purchased through Amazon (affiliate link):