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Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear: Exploring Our Surroundings

May 9, 2011 by The Learning Basket 7 Comments

Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom follows Jesse Bear as he goes through his day, waking up, dressing up, playing outside, eating, and sleeping. It is brimming with learning ideas on every page. We explored patterns, flowers, rhymes, and tried to pick up objects with our toes, just like the rose between Jesse Bear’s toes! As usual, I am only writing about … [Read more...]

Corduroy: Buttons, Money, Jobs

May 4, 2011 by The Learning Basket 3 Comments

  Corduroy by Don Freeman is the book that unlocked my imagination and showed me the wealth of learning opportunities in a book, whether or not it’s part of the Before Five in a Row (BFIAR) booklist. It also set me on my current method of planning our activities, which I think you can do too using any book or materials that you choose for some at-home … [Read more...]

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt: What an Adventure!

May 3, 2011 by The Learning Basket Leave a Comment

We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen was a favorite even before we started doing Before Five in a Row (BFIAR). This classic story is about a family who, in hunting for a bear, had to go through grass, mud, a river, a forest, and a snowstorm. The lyrical words BEG to be chanted and we made up our own song and actions to go along with it.  BRAIN BOOSTER, LISTENING, … [Read more...]

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