Need an idea for Mother's Day?

Try something new for Mother's Day this year! Celebrate your mom by putting together a music video in imovie. Include your mom's favorite song, pictures of you, and things your mom has told you over the years. Post this on a blog or use iDVD to make something she can keep and show to everyone. This might take some time, so start now!

Wikis

I've been playing around with wikis. I'm still learning, but I've had fun with it so far. Here's the link to Mrs. Wadsworth's wiki. I've included activity descriptions using Comic Life and Kid Pix. Not much so far, but if you're looking for an activity, look at these pages and they might spark your creativity!

National Poetry Month!

April is National Poetry Month! Here are a couple of fun links to help you write some great poetry! Celebrate the power of words!

Poetry Magnets--Rearrange the words and see what kinds of poems you can come up with. Take it a step further by figuring out what part of speech each word is, and replace it with another word of your choice that is the same part of speech. Remember that poems don't have to have perfect grammar, and line breaks give emphasis to words at the beginning of a line.

Giggle Poetry is poetry site for kids. My favorite is Poetry Fun, where you can fill in the blank to try to finish the poem. Choose your words based on the context and on what will rhyme!

Happy poetry month!

Happy Birthday, Hans Christian Andersen!

Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2, 1805. He wrote fairy tales, and I bet you've heard of a few of them! How about "The Little Mermaid"? Or "The Emperor's New Clothes"? or "The Princess and the Pea"? Try to tell one of these stories in your own words and create a picture in KidPix.

April Fools!

Today is April Fool's Day. Look outside, and you'll think Mother Nature is playing a little joke on us! Maybe she turned back the clock a month?

Be careful what you read/see today! If something seems unbelievable, it probably is. Some fun April Fool's hoaxes have been pulled in the past, like one by Taco Bell. They released the news to the press that they had purchased the Liberty Bell, a national treasure. They said they were going to call it the "Taco Liberty Bell." How do you think people reacted to this news? Would you believe it if you heard it today?

Another funny hoax was presented by Burger King. They advertised a left-handed Whopper. Do you think such a thing would exist? Why or why not?

Think about things before you believe them! And have a fun March 1st!