Buttons come and Buttons go

     If you are looking to read a fun book about a real laid back cat that causes singing every where he goes, have I got a book for you. In the classroom I work in, we love love love Pete the Cat. We all live by these words, "Did Pete cry? Goodness no!" and " Because it's all good."
     For those of you who don't know, Pete the Cat is a series of popular picture books by James Dean and Eric Litwin. I featured one of his books last week in my blog about back to school books. Kids love these book. They are fun to read to the class or to a child one on one, but the very best part is that kids LOVE them. Kids laugh all through out the story and they will beg you to read them over and over again. Each book has a little song that goes to it and it will be stuck in your head all day.
     Today we read "Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons." This book is about Pete wanting to wear his favorite jacket but it is getting to small. His buttons pop off during the book making it a good example of math in children's literature. I read it with my little girls and they were thrilled. I love bringing excitement into the classroom through books.

    For the art project I decided to go with something more simple than usual. We just colored and had the kids practice gluing without making a huge mess. Here are the few things things you will need.
                                                       - Pete templat

Here is the web site that I get this from! Check it out. 

http://www.makinglearningfun.com/t.asp?b=m&t=http://www.makinglearningfun.com/Activities/pets/PetetheCat/PetetheCat-Buttons-FeltBoard/PetetheCatButtons-FeltBoard-bw.gif

                                                       - crayons
        (anything really you can color with lets face it kids love to make a mess)
                                                      - glue sticks
                                                      - scissors
(personally, I cut the pieces out for the children so that they wouldn't get upset. mastering scissors                                                is not as easy as you think.)

                                                     -colored paper to stick it too
                   - a copy of the book because reading makes everything more fun!!!!
      Once we had all of the materials, we got to work. I think things came out pretty nicely. Simple, fun, and it took awhile because the kids wanted to get it just right.

Three year olds are rocking in their art shoes

These were made by a group of four year olds yesterday. They had some issues with the scissors.

       Well, that is it for the day. Please leave your thoughts. I would love to hear if you used it with you children or if you had any other fun with Pete craft ideas. I would love to hear from you! As always, You all are amazing. Keep reading. Make every day an adventure. Have a great weekend!
                                                                                              Happy Reading,
                                                                                                  Ms. Cara