Things to Do at Home

Results for Yellow Cedar Non-Fiction and Red Maple Fiction are in! Want to know which book won? You can watch the virtual Harbourfront ceremonies here (and Blue Spruce, Silver Birch and White Pine too). Prix Mélèze will be announced on Thursday.

Looking for some reading inspiration? The OLA has just released their summer reading lists for Red Maple (Gr. 7&8) and White Pine (Gr.9-12) students.

Here's the slideshow of all our Street Art finds. I was so impressed with your efforts and what you found! I hope you enjoy seeing everyone else's finds too!

From one of my Librarian mailing lists: Join Peter Wohlleben, the New York Times bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, for a guided walk in the forest and Q&A on Facebook Live! Head over to Greystone Kids' Facebook page on: Wednesday, May 27th at 1pm Note: this special event is designed for kids, but any fellow tree lovers are welcome to take part in the forest fun!

We've passed a new rule in our house about being grumpy. See the rule and the photo here.

Last week's Oesch Family Art day had us doing sidewalk chalk art. Our photos and a video of our epic hopscotch are here.

We made paper airplanes for our family art time this week. I've attached the plane instructions and a video of our results here.

Some of you played Breakout (Escape room) games with me last year. BreakoutEdu is hosting a live game everyday at 2pm. The past games are available too (I enjoyed the one on authors - of course!). Unfortunately, we can't win the prizes, but the games are fun!

I just love the creativity and perseverance in this Lemonade video. If you happen to make something similar while you're at home, please share it with me!

This week's family art activity was Thumb Print art. I was amazed at how a simple technique made for some really pretty art. You can see us working and our final product here too!

Passionate about reading? The Ontario Library Association is looking for a few students to help them create a summer reading list. Apply here before Friday, April 17th. (It will ask you for your Librarian's name & email; use Sarah Oesch, oeschs@hdsb.ca)

Make sure you've finished all the Media lessons we did before the break. You can find them under Past Lessons.

Take a look at these authors doing read alouds of their books. In particular, Kenneth Oppel - Silverwing and Joel Sutherland - Haunted Canada, but there are lots to choose from and more posted every day. You'll even find some interesting books for younger siblings!

Check out these stories from Scholastic! A different set of stories for every day of the week and neat extension activities too! I really liked the story on Alcatraz and can't wait to check out the Google Earth virtual tour!

My kids and I had fun with this hand art activity. We turned our art into postcards and mailed them to friends! You can see some photos of our work here too!

Our Forest of Reading continues! You can find the Red Maple and Yellow Cedar books online at the Burlington Public Library or through our Burlington Central catalogue.

Keep up with your amazing Dewey skills with these online games!

• • 1. Dewey game

    2. Concentration

    3. Jeopardy