pickInteresting wordless picture book about a girl who finds a golden rock and we learn the history of where that golden rock originated and what it went through to get to her hands. Beautiful illustrations.
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pickInteresting wordless picture book about a girl who finds a golden rock and we learn the history of where that golden rock originated and what it went through to get to her hands. Beautiful illustrations.
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Anyone who loves animals should read this. This book features the seven-week-long tale of Guard Dog‘s unchaining and adoption, an illustrated history of Guard Dog (written by Patrick McDonnell), real-life rescue stories, and empowering information from voices in the animal welfare community. One of only TWO 5-star reads for me this year. (the other was LES MISERABLES). From a comic book to an epic! 🤣
More books for tiny tots!
My nephews, 2 & 4, are getting (mostly) bug books. If I can‘t fully conquer my own fear, I can at least inoculate the next generation. 😅
Books are being paired with some Lakeshore Learning toys, including an updated version of one of those old school viewmasters! They can click between 35 different photos of insects and spiders. 🕷️🐛🦋
Oliver says, “Happy Friday!” We made it through another week, an interesting one. Hopefully the next few weeks can only become more enlightening. He also says, “bark, bark…which means feed me or be a good person & don‘t defend people who do bad things.”
pickNot new, but new to me.
“With all of my heart, I believe it is true that there is a heaven for animals too.”
“You‘ll grow older, I will, too. But when you meet your friends again, they‘ll see you as they saw you then.
And you‘ll find they always knew how much they were loved…and how much they loved you.”
(I really hope so.)
Since it‘s been another long week & it being Nobel Prize week. I thought I‘d share some cute puppy photos. Oliver is now 20 pounds & growing quick. He has his good moments: sleeps in his crate thru the night, lets us know that he has to go out. The other exhausting moments: he‘s in full teething mode, he tries to eat everything off the ground when he outside (mulch, rocks, flowers, dead worms, dead baby snakes, leaves). He‘s a great dog, just
Students can make a timeline of what they do throughout the day or talk about favorite family pets. The classroom can vote on whether they like dogs, cats, or another pet the most and engage in mathematical conversations about graphing their opinions.
