::April Boards of the Past::

Well here's my boards from April. I forgot to post them. April is often a little tricky, sometimes there's Easter and sometimes, like this year, there isn't. Most times I just go with a spring theme. It's pretty safe.

Here's my board from 2011. We made Easter eggs and I turned them into an "Easter egg tree." 

 Here's my board from 2012: One of my very favorites. We made sheep by blowing bubbles with paint and cute little chicks. Those sheep are one of my very favorite projects I've ever done. 

 I know I already shared this board, but I figured I'll put all the April boards in one spot. :)

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::May Board UPDATE::

So I messed up. I forgot to post my April boards from the past! This is actually my board for May. And June. Oops. We made little scuba men and I for one think they're adorable! I don't think there's much to explain because the board speaks for itself. 

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::Zoomer - Book Review::

I recently discovered the "Zoomer" books by Ned Young. I am in love. They're wonderfully crafted stories with imagination and creativity. Currently Young has only two "Zoomer" books published but they are MUST reads. The illustrations are packed with little secrets and every page is magical. You're sure to find something new every time you read it. The illustrations are the sort of surrealism of the 50's I love. They completely transform the stories words into a stimulating visual exploration.

It was a joy for me to read the stories and point out the little details to my kindergarten class (trust me, there are many to choose from!). I love the  fact that even though Zoomer's two older brothers don't share his enormous imagination, it never stops Zoomer from building fantastic creations. I hope my class caught on to that and are willing to dream up stories as big as Zoomer's. His imagination is perhaps my favorite part of the book.

The books humorous story line will keep children captivated and willing to read these stories over and over again. Ned Young is a self-taught illustrator and painter. He began his career in illustrating calendars and things of that nature. I'm so glad he took the leap into children's literature, I'm looking forward to more installments for the collection. Pin It

::May Boards of The Past::

Wow! I've been MIA for awhile I loads of projects and ideas to share with you as well as some book reviews that have been piling up. Sorry I haven't been around, time has once again flown past me!

Part of the reason that I've been gone is that my husband and I just celebrated our one year anniversary and I threw myself into planning our trip to Portland, Oregon (I'll share some pictures of our trip too - Portland is a GREAT city for kids). We obviously didn't do all the things geared for kids but there is so much for them to do there. It would make a wonderful family vacation spot. More on that later...

Today I'm going to share my May boards of the past. Sometimes May boards are a conundrum for me. I always end up asking myself if I should stick to spring or make it a summerish board that I can leave up through June. You'll see what I mean:

I did this board in 2011 as a homage to my mom. She loves birds and birdhouses and I thought it was the perfect spring board. The houses turned out so cute and it just looked so happy!

 This was in 2012. One of those boards that I kept up through June. By far one of my favorite boards! We made envelope sharks, coffee filter fish, and bowl jelly fish. 

 And now this year's board. We did our interpretation of Eric Carle's, "The Very Hungry Caterpillar." 

 Here's our caterpillars on their leaves.

 And here's the ice cream and pie he ate through.

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::March Boards of the Past::

Well apparently I don't have a picture from last years board. But I do have the board I made 2 years ago. The kindergartners I had at the time were really obsessed with Super Mario Bro's. I decided to channel that and make it into a board. We made Mario, Princess Peach, and toadstools. I painted the background to look a scene from the game.  

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::March Board::

Here's my board for March and let me tell you, I'm super excited about it! I decided to avoid anything that was directly related to March holidays like St. Patty's Day because Easter is also happening in March this year. Dr. Seuss' birthday is in March so I decided to go that rout. I was inspired by this board that I found on Pintrest.

I had the kids make "Thing One & Two's," pom pom Truffula tree, and Lorax. They turned out wonderful! We added fleece to his mustache for more texture and to take it to the next level.

I used my mom's tracer to blow up a picture of Pipsqueak to add some fun to the board.

Here's a close up of our Lorax and Truffula tree. 

I hope you like my board as much as I do. It's my favorite of this year. I'm so happy with how it turned out! 

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::International Thinking Day::

February 22nd is International Thinking Day. We made Albert Einstein's in recognition of the day. I forgot to add the eyebrows on mine and that means the kids forgot to add eyebrows. Oops! 

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