Julia Baurain's Page

"Hello Everyone! I have a couple of artsy craftsy type posts to share this week. First, there's an Eco-Friendly Craft and Game: Reusing Plastic Eggs to Make Flowers And then we did some Creating and Tracing of Rainbow Light Patterns "

"Hooray!  I've even got a post to share with ideas for St. Patrick's Day and Easter: March Holiday Activity Ideas "

"This week I posted our homemade plinko game, which was a fun way to sneak some math into a party! It's here: Cardboard Mini Plinko Carnival Game"

"Thanks!  I'm happy to share ideas.  I noticed others have been enjoying rainbow-themed activities too.  There's one link below from Andrea, as well as a few more ideas at the educational link parties I joined this week…"

"Our theme has been rainbows and the 6 colors they display. Rainbow Games - Part 1 Rainbow Games - Part 2 (with printable coloring page) "

"My Pre-K son and I had fun assembling and doing this activity.  Besides sight words and numbers, I also thought it could be used for language learning--for ELLs or helping my three children (ages 4-8) learn some Spanish.  =) The Snowflake…"

"My latest post includes 3 craft ideas for Christmas: Mixes in a bag Paper sleighs Christmas Birth Announcements I think these ideas could be used in a variety of ways--as gifts, class activities, at-home activities with kids, etc.  As for me,…"

"I tweeted the post you shared in Weekly Blogger Share this week. It ended up in a childrensbooks online newspaper. I guess some people collect interesting tweets with certain hashtags into an online paper. This paper searches the hashtag…"

"This week I have a post on Books and Movies for Dolphin Lovers.  Might inspire some of you in the library or help cross off some holiday shopping."

"So did anyone go an meet some authors?  Our city was not on the list.  Did you celebrate in other ways?"

"Just a quick update:  We're still going on our challenge.  It took us a while to get through the first shelf tier, but now were working on the second shelf tier of books.   Three more tiers to go!"

"Hi Everyone!   I posted about my book challenge today.  If you are interested in taking part, you can leave a comment and I'll add you to the list here: Celebrating Children's Book Week: The Count 'Em Up Challenge   I…"

"Sounds like fun!  I was planning to try to read and count every children's book we have in our house next week.   Anyone else want to join us?"

"Your Seuss unit sounds fun!  I'll definitely be checking it out.  Last March we enjoyed making green eggs and ham wraps to celebrate Dr. Seuss.  You can see them in this post.  "