Lentil
Lentil
Lentil's harmonica playing saves the day when calamity threatens the homecoming celebration for the leading citizen of Alto, Ohio.
Author page
Other books by Robert McCloskey
Illustrator Page
The author is also the illustrator.
Go-Alongs:
Online Units and Resources for Lentil
Interview with Robert McCloskey
Horn Book Radio Review (Y, A)
Literature resources for younger children
A large number of FIAR resource for specific books as well as general resources that can be used with any literature. Includes Elements of a Story Bookmark, World Traveler Passport, Classic Story Timeline, President Chart & President Disks and more. Scroll down for the links to the downloads. Requires Adobe Acrobat reader. (Y,M)
Lentil
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Lentil Ideas
From Mary'sMill.com (Y)
Supplemental Book List
from the FIAR Message Board Archive (T)
Go-alongs about Veterans' Day
Arlington National Cemetary - Official website of the cemetary (Y, M, O, T)
Cool Facts About Veterans - From VA Kids, K-5th, Department of Veterans Affairs Kids Site. Grades K-5. (Y, M)
Remembrance Day or Veteran's Day Activities - DLTK's Holiday Activities for Kids (Y, M)
Salute to Veterans - From Kidsdomain.com (Y,M)
VA Kids, K-5th - Department of Veterans Affairs Kids Site. This site is for kids in the Kindergarten through 5th Grade. (Y, M)
Veteran's Day - From SunnieBunnieZZ. Veteran's Day history, information, poetry, and activities. (Y, M)
Veteran's Day Activities - From Apples4Teachers.com. Coloring pages, crafts for kids, and word searches. (Y, M)
Veteran's Day Crafts, Projects and Printouts - From Enchanted Learning (Y)
Veteran's Day Online - From Kids Turn Central (Y, M)
Veteran's Day Quiz - A quiz from FamilyEducation.com that includes explanations of each answer and links to activities and printouts at the end (Y, M, O, T)
Veteran's Day Word Search - This puzzle is dedicated to the memory of my late father, Kenneth R. Potter. Except for when he
was proudly serving his country in the U.S.Navy during World War II, he lived his entire life in
Mayhill, New Mexico. (Y, M, O, T)
Veterans Day Lessons - From About.com. November Teaching Opportunities for Veterans Day (Y, M)
Veterans in my family - Students create a visual of family members who are/were veterans. Pre-K-12 (Y)
Veterans' Day - From KidsKonnect.com (Y, M)
Go-alongs about Architecture
A Sightseer's Guide to Engineering - Do you have one of those children that already knows that (s)he is going to build things when they grow up? Are they fascinated by structures of any kind? If so, this is the site for them. You will find all kinds of fabulous feats of engineering listed by state so you can take advantage of them while traveling or on day trips. One of the coolest in my area is the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. I have been on it once; never plan to again. It is an engineering marvel, though! Each site lists a fun fact about the structure and a link to the structure's website along with the engineering credits. (Y, M, O, T)
From the White House of Yesterday to the White House of Today - In this curriculum unit, students take a close look at the design of the White House and some of the changes it has undergone. They also reflect on how the “President's House” has been and continues to be used. Grades 3-5 from EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities. (Y)
How and Why Has the White House Changed? - Students identify changes the White House has undergone in more than two centuries and discuss why these changes were made. Grades 3-5 from EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities. (Y)
How Was the White House Designed? - To help students understand some of the issues involved in designing and improving the "President's House," share a photograph of a building that students will recognize immediately as humorously inappropriate for the official residence of the President of the United States. Grades 3-5 from EDSITEment, National Endowment for the Humanities. (Y)
LEGO Digital Designer - This is LEGO Digital Designer. The program that lets you build with LEGO bricks on your computer. Works on both PC and Mac.
(Y,M)
National Building Museum - Created by an act of Congress in 1980, the National Building Museum is America's premier cultural institution dedicated to exploring and celebrating architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning. Since opening its doors in 1985, the Museum has become a vital forum for exchanging ideas and information about such topical issues as managing suburban growth, preserving landmarks and communities, and revitalizing urban centers. (Y, M, O, T)
The OCTA-TETRA Construction Set - FREE geometric construction set instruction Booklet? E-mail: uncledan@homespun4homeschoolers.com
(Y,M)
This Old House - Family Projects - (Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about Music
Appalachian Riddle Song - Capture your students' attention with this lesson focusing on “The Riddle Song” to show the pentatonic scale and Appalachian culture. (Y, M)
Blueberry Teacher's Help - This site has games for every subject that will turn learning into fun for your children. (Y, M, O, T)
Children's Music Archive - Familiar children's music (Y, M, O, T)
Didjeridoo - From the Aboriginal Australia Art & Culture Centre in Alice Springs. (Y, M, O, T)
Ideas for teaching music - Includes links to some wonderful Music toys and games, recommended books about Music, and some links to other useful Music sites. (Y,M)
Making Musical Instruments - Carol Raedy, a musician and educator from Charlotte, NC, has put instructions online for making simple music. Using common household items you can guide your students to make a banjo, bass, dulcimer, drum, rainstick, and thumb piano. (Y, M, O, T)
Paul Taylor Didjeridoo - (Y, M, O, T)
Popular Songs in American History - If your student loves music, he will love learning these songs and their place in history. My kids have enjoyed learning songs like Wait for the Wagon and Yankee Doodle Dandy and this site offers not just the songs, but the background and lyrics. (Y, M, O, T)
The Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame - This art-deco museum honors great jazz artists with ties to the state of Alabama. While furnishing educational information, the museum is also a place for entertainment. Exhibits convey the accomplishments of the likes of Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton and Erskine Hawkins and the music that made them famous. Within this fine musical collection, visitors travel from the beginnings of boogie woogie with Clarence "Pinetop" Smith to the jazz space journeys of Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Space Arkestra. (Y, M, O, T)
The Sound Site - The Sound Site is part of the Sound Project, a partnership between the Science Museum and the Minnesota Orchestra. The site's purpose is to present activities, discussions and multimedia explorations about sound, both from a scientific and artistic perspective. (Y, M, O, T)
Go-alongs about Senses
American Foundation for the Blind: Helen Keller - Deaf and blind from infancy, Helen Keller played a leading role in most of the significant political, social, and cultural movements of the 20th century. Throughout her lifetime (1880-1968) she worked unceasingly to improve the lives of people who were blind and deaf. (Y, M, O, T)
Audition (Hearing) - Neuroscience for kids (Y)
Braille - From Omniglot - writing systems and languages of the world (Y, M, O, T)
Braille Name Tag - (Y)
Come to your senses - Use an online Mr. Potato Head to learn about the senses. (Y,M)
Decibel Levels - From CoolMath4Kids.com (Y, M, O, T)
Ear Anatomy - From Enchanted Learning. (Y)
Eggs filled with sound - Plastic eggs will be filled with various objects and children will need to use their sense of hearing to figure out what is inside. Preschool, K, 1-2 (Y)
HELEN KELLER - From Garden of Praise (Y,M)
Helen Keller - From Surfing the Net with Kids (Y,M)
Helen Keller Biography - From The Braille Bug (Y,M)
Helen Keller Birthplace - Ivy Green is the birthplace of Helen Keller. "The map shows you around Tuscumbia, Alabama and the local area... There is something spiritually uplifting about touching the actual well-pump where Anne Sullivan reached into the dark silent world of young Helen Keller's mind and opened the window of communication." (Y, M, O, T)
Helen Keller Kids Museum Online - An interactive virtual experience from the American Foundation for the Blind (Y,M)
Helen Keller Unit Study - From Garden of Praise (Y,M)
Kelen Keller resources - From KidsKonnect.com (Y,M)
Let Us Have Faith by Helen Keller - From MyHero.com (Y,M)
Our 5 senses - Hands on activities for teaching the 5 senses (Y)
Senses - from BrainPop (Y,M)
Senses, The Five - Kindergarten Unit (Y)
Sight (Vision) - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers vision lesson plans for grades K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Smell (Olfaction) - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers Olfaction lesson plans for grades K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Stick out your tongue and say "aah" - from Kids' Health, lots of info about the tongue and taste (Y,M)
Taste (Gustation) - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers gustation lesson plans for grades K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Teaching children about the five senses - from the Illinois Extension office, lessons for teaching the senses (Y)
The Incredible Human Body: The Five Senses - Designed for a group, but contains good questions to spark discussion. Lessons fore different age levels. (Y, M, O, T)
The Life of Helen Keller - About the life of Helen Keller, the deafblind woman who became a role model for millions of people (Y, M, O, T)
The Senses Working Together - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers Touch Experiments for grades K-12 (Y, M, O, T)
Touch Experiments - From Neuroscience for Kids, offers Touch Experiments for grades K-12. (Y, M, O, T)
We need all five senses - uses experiments to show our need for the senses (Y)