Kids' Club
Kids' Club's Dreams and Biographies
In January Kids' Club students learned about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life. This year Martin Luther King Day was on January 21st, the same day as President Obama's Inauguration. The kids wrote about their dreams for the future. The students then interviewed each other to make a biography poster of each student in the class,
Student poets in Kids' Club
Kids' Club students have just finished a poetry unit with their teacher, Alicia. They read lots of different kinds of poetry, and then they wrote and illustrated their own poems. Have a look at their work. Great work, everyone! [slide show]
Kids' Club celebrates Thanksiving
Kids' Club has done several activities to commemorate Thanksgiving this November. We prepared marshmallow Pilgrims' hats and Native American tepees that children could take home and eat. Tepees were dwellings used by the Native Americans of the Great Plains, so the Pilgrims did not actually see them. The Native Americans where the Pilgrims arrived, the Wompanoag,
Flay Staley stops by the Library thanks to the Kid's Club's involvement in the Flat Stanley Project
The students of the Kids' Club group of the International Institute have read Jeff Brown's “Flat Stanley” in class and have participated in The Flat Stanley Project. To do this, they made and sent images of Flat Stanley in different places (including the library) to children from other countries and in return they received others from them (in this
Kids Club travels around the world with Flat Stanley
This spring Kids' Club students in Patti's group read Flat Stanley, by Jeff Brown. This book tells the story of a boy, Stanley Lambchop, who becomes flat after a bulletin board falls on him in the night. Being flat allows Stanley to have lots of adventures. One fun thing Stanley gets to do is travel
Peanut butter and jelly in the garden
In May Alicia's class learned about writing instructions, so they decided to make peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, an American favorite, to practice explaining a recipe. First they made the sandwiches while the children in Patti's group watched so they could make sandwiches, too. Nora said, “This is the first time I've ever made my
The Groundhog has Spoken! Six More Weeks of Winter!
Today, February 2nd, is Groundhog day in the United States. Every year on this date, eager observers gather in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania and watch via TV and Internet from around the world, to learn the prediction of Phil (the Groundhog). Legend says that if Phil sees his shadow from him when he leaves his burrow (hole), then he