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April Animal Surprise
Here is one of our favorite squirrels. It is a Gray Squirrel. Small, local populations of gray squirrels have this gorgeous coffee color. This one lives in our neighborhood because a wildlife trapper...
View ArticleTurtle, Turtle, Watch Out! on List
Turtle, Turtle, Watch Out! was named to the Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2011! It’s also on the New York State Reading Association’s 2012 Charlotte Award...
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Asian Vegetables
Asian grocery stores are great places to veggie adventure. I’m still learning the names and uses of the exotic fresh produce. Below are some of the vegetables I saw on a recent grocery trip. Feel free...
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If You’re Hoppy!
If You’re Hoppy has been hopping into libraries, book stores, arms. SLJ said “Sure to be a storytime staple, with many repeat performances.” For storytime fun, check out my article and photos of...
View ArticleMay Animal: Warbler
In the month of May, Jeff and I take a special vacation just to watch warblers that migrate through the Midwest at this time of year. This is a Northern Parula at Magee Marsh in Ohio.
View ArticleFruit and Veggie Links
Just beginning to research veggie links that might be useful for classrooms/educators. Here are a few. Feel free to suggest more Growing Chefs Food Education from Field to Farm Founded by Annie Novak,...
View ArticleRah, Rah, Radishes Booktalk and Shelf Talker
Rah, Rah, Radishes!: A Vegetable Chant by April Pulley Sayre. New York: Beach Lane Books/S&S, 2011. Shelf talker (written teaser): What vegetable rhymes with “oh boy”? BOOKTALK Keep the front cover...
View ArticleRah, Rah, Radishes: A Vegetable Chant Extensions
Here are some concepts to explore during small group and one-on-one readings of Rah, Rah, Radishes: A Vegetable Chant: Colors and shapes. Engage young readers in discussing what they observe about...
View ArticlePerforming Rah, Rah, Radishes: a Vegetable Chant
Act It Out! Divide students (or teachers) into pairs or small groups. Have each group write out and learn a stanza (four lines). They can decide how to perform it. Here are some aspects of the chant...
View ArticleGarden Storytime
This handout of garden activities, created by librarian Heather Acerro of Ft. Wayne, goes well with Rah, Rah, Radishes: A Vegetable Chant. It is used with her permission. Click to access this pdf....
View ArticleCalling All Collard Greens
Just about the only time we ate collard greens, specifically, was on New Years Day. Then, it was a good luck food, along with black-eyed peas. I grew up in South Carolina and this is a southern U.S....
View ArticleVulture View review and activities
Author/educator Shirley Duke’s Simply Science blog has a lovely review of Vulture View and some follow up activities. Hooray! Check the link here....
View ArticleWhat a BBC Show Inspired Me To Do
In 2006 I watched British chef Jamie Oliver’s 4-part BBC documentary, “Jamie’s School Dinners,” in which he interviewed children and found that many didn’t know the names of vegetables. As a girl who...
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Quiet Little Vegetable Celebrations
Recent random veggie yumminess in my life 10: 30 a.m. Hungry. Pick arugula from garden. Pour last summer’s Brandywine canned tomatoes into favorite bumblebee bowl. Open up snow pea pods that look...
View ArticleNeed Activities for If You’re Hoppy and Rah, Rah, Radishes
To kick start resources for my two new books, I’m looking to stock up on activities. Flannel Friday got me started on this idea. Would love some flannel but other things okay, too. As a thank you I’ll...
View ArticleAmerican Library Association Annual Conf
Come see me in New Orleans! I’ll be with 9 other nonfiction authors speaking at the Nonfiction Book Blast Sunday Morning at 8am-10am. I’m also doing signings for Greenwillow/Harpercollins, Holt, Beach...
View ArticleThe Sound of Nonfiction
A little bit of my sound art, related to nonfiction. Nonfiction2 Mule recording experiment Instead of writing my novel3
View ArticleBloggers Lovin’ Radishes
Back from steamy, sparkly ALA in New Orleans to find that folks are lovin’ Rah, Rah, Radishes. Katie Davis brought Rah, Rah, Radishes: a Vegetable Chant along with two other books to discuss them in...
View ArticleRah, Rah, Radishes Activities
Shirley Duke, author/educator/speaker/writer of the Simply Science blog, shared with me extension activities for Rah, Rah, Radishes. See below for these activities. See her site for more goodies, about...
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