My first grade class is studying food and learning where it belongs in a market. I showed them a story about a dinosaur called Penelope who goes to school and eats her classmates. It's a funny story and they loved it. After the story, we all made our own dinosaurs and in its mouth, we each drew what we thought it should eat. My dinosaur had an egg, a strawberry, a slice of cheese, some bread and a tomato. I guess it's a pretty healthy dinosaur. Next class, each student is going to tell me what their dinosaur eats.
It's chocolate time again! In Brazil, Easter means chocolate Easter eggs. Easter also brings to mind bunnies. Since we're still basically at home waiting to get vaccinated here, an Easter craft has to be made with something kids have at home, so egg cartons it is. Saw this with a range of different animals on Pinterest and thought I'd use it for a bunny Easter craft, so here's Mr. Rabbit's portrait. One of the good things about an egg carton is that it has some curves to it, which you can use for the rabbit's ears. I cut up a cereal box to use as the base, which is another thing kids will most likely have at home, of course, it can be any cardboard. I used markers to decorate the frame-like base. Let kids get creative here. I used hot glue just because I wanted everything to dry faster. I then painted the bunny white, waited for it to dry, and added the details with a black pen. The pink on the ears is also paint. I used a little bit of red and when it mixed wi
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