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Books We Shared Flannel Board Counting Five Pigs So Squeaky Clean (to the tune of Five Green and Speckled Frogs) (Credit: storytimekatie) Five pigs so squeaky clean Cleanest you’ve ever seen Wanted to go outside and play Oink! Oink! One jumped into the mud Landed with a big THUD Then […]
Books We Shared Flannel Board Counting Five Pigs So Squeaky Clean (to the tune of Five Green and Speckled Frogs) (Credit: storytimekatie) Five pigs so squeaky clean Cleanest you’ve ever seen Wanted to go outside and play Oink! Oink! One jumped into the mud Landed with a big THUD Then […]
Last month, kids came to the library to learn how to write a “Choose Your Own Adventure” type of story using a free web-based software called Twine. I walked them through the steps of it and they were very quickly writing stories with twists that the reader could choose. Here […]
Age 8-11 Category First Place Kayla Su Age 11, Sage Oak Charter School “Paths to a New Journey” Colored pencils; 8 x 10 inches This piece is gorgeous, thoughtful, and creative—with numerous well-thought out scenes depicting all the possibilities in one’s life journey—paths in the journeys ahead or left behind. […]
Young Readers League 2018 Writing Contest 1st place Category 1 (ages 8-11) Breck Sequeira Age 11 (Grade 6), Blair Middle School “First Goal” David Manuel follows his dream of becoming a professional soccer player. Tic-tac-tic-tac-tic-tac. Bouncing back and forth between his feet, keeping it up in the […]
Young Readers League 2018 Writing Contest 2nd place Category 1 (ages 8-11) Maya Bailey Age 11 (Grade 6), Eliot Arts Magnet “The Mattesons” A natural disaster forces the Matteson family to take a new journey. It was 9:00 a.m. when the lights started to flicker in the […]
Young Readers League 2018 Writing Contest 3rd place Category 1 (ages 8-11) Becca Andelin Age 11 (Grade 6), Eliot Arts Magnet “Facing the World” Marco finds inspiration to face the world. Marco sat in his den, next to a blazing fire. It was snowing outside, frosting the […]
I’m trying to catch up on my blogging… Back in summer, as part of our STEAM 2018 year of STEAM programming, we did a fun engineering project making roller coaster ski jumps out of pipe insulators for marbles to “ski” down! I’ve been meaning to share the photos and videos […]
Young Readers League 2018 Writing Contest Honorable Mention Category 1 (ages 8-11) Emily Downs Age 8 (Grade 3), San Rafael Elementary School “Pencil” Once upon a classroom, there was a pencil named Dixon. Now Dixon was stuck in a classroom he didn’t like. Dixon had one friend: Papermate. […]
Young Readers League 2018 Writing Contest Honorable Mention Category 1 (ages 8-11) Ella Lesnever Age 11 (Grade 6), Blair Middle School “My Journey Around the United States” My family is doing a challenge where my brother and I will try to go to all fifty states before we […]