Strega Nona Book Ideas

Strega Nona was written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola.

Language Arts
Watch: Strega Nona read by Mary Steenburgen

Social Studies & Geography
Research to find to find which country Calabria is located in Italy.
Locate it on a map.
Learn more about Italy.

Nurses Day & International Nurses Day

May 6th is National Nurses Day. May 12th is International Nurses Day.

Activities and Crafts
If you know any nurses personally, you can create something or write them a letter on how much you appreciate them.

Research about famous nurses. Create a booklet about these nurses.

Famous Nurses
Florence Nightingale

9 Famous Nurses Who Made Their Mark on American History

Nurses Museums and Memorials
Nurses Memorial: Arlington Cemetery

Spanish American War Nurses Memorial: Arlington Cemetery

Lost Art of Nursing Museum & Gallery

Museum of Nursing History

Creating the Cadet Nurse Corps for World War II: National Museum of American History

Nurse Corps

The Second Battlefield: Nurses in World War I: National World War I Museum and Memorial

Florence Nightingale Museum
Florence Nightingale Resources

Florence Nightingale Learning during Lockdown

Nurses Links
Nurses Day Facts

Kids Activities & Crafts for Nurses Day

50 Ways to Celebrate National Nurses Week

Monte Bean Life Science Museum BYU

The Monte Bean Life Science Museum is located in Provo, Utah at Brigham Young University (BYU). We went to this museum in 2008. There are lots of resources at this museum.

Here are some educational resources you can find online for this museum. On the Activities page, I listed only the activities that you can do without visiting the museum.

Audio Tour

Activities: Scavenger Hunts, Animal Paper Airplanes & Coloring Pages, and Intro to Africa Coloring Book, etc.

Alphabet Animals
Go on a virtual animal hunt for this museum or use the web to find different animals that begin with that letter of the alphabet. When searching for that animal on the Monte Bean Life Science Museum website, listen to the Audio Tour for the different animals or watch the Exhibit Videos. Write down the animal on the paper. Enjoying having fun while learning about the animals.

Discovery Reading Videos: Listen to various children's books on this page.

Exhibit Videos: This includes Education Videos, Conservation Kids Videos, Tanner Lecture Videos, etc. located at the bottom of the page.

Lichens of BYU Campus

Ukulele Music Craft

There are different ways you can make a ukulele craft. My daughter made one in December 2018 at a homeschooling enrichment program. It was in her "Music From Trash" class. This class was inspired by the Landfill Harmonic. There is a video about this orchestra at Paraguay’s Recycled Orchestra You can listen to the video Landfill Harmonic Amazing and Inspirational to learn more about this orchestra.
My daughter used a box, toilet paper rolls, rubberbands, juice bottle lids, tongue depressors (large craft sticks), and lots of clear tape. You could use a paper towel roll instead of toilet paper rolls.
Below you will find what she created in her class. As you can tell, the writing is not very clear in the below photo, so you might not be able to read it very well.

Paper Plate Ukulele

I found a Playable Cardboard Ukelele that interesting read about how it is made. It's a lot of work but at least it is fun to read. If you want to make one, you can but it is not a craft for children. You can hear the Cardboard Uke Video - House of the Rising Sun played.

Abiyoyo Book Ideas

Abiyoyo is a famous children's book. Pete Seeger is the author of this book.

Book Background
You can read the background of this book.

Geography
Learn where South Africa is located on a map or globe South Africa. Talk about South Africa.

Music
Learn about the ukulele. Show photos of a ukulele. Talk about it.

Learn the Abiyoyo song

You can listen to Pete Seeger sing the lullaby.
Play it as many times as you like to your students (or children).

To read more about where the Abiyoyo song comes from, go to: What do you want to know about Abiyoyo?. This link includes two recordings of South African musicians playing different African instruments. The instruments that are played by these men are the uhadi and umrhubhe, and the Kalumbu.

Literature
Read or listen to the Abiyoyo story being read.
Pete Seeger Reads 'Abiyoyo' on Reading Rainbow

Physical Activity
As you listen to the story, Abiyoyo, dance like Abiyoyo. Stand in place and stomp your feet.

Crafts
Draw your very own Abiyoyo, the giant.
Make Abiyoyo into your own giant character!

Ukulele Music Craft
This is on our blog.

Lesson Ideas
Abiyoyo Lessons with Printables
Book Extension Ideas: Abiyoyo | Scholastic