Miss. Wooten & Ashley!

Some grade levels listened to
Babar�s World Tour. We loved the
illustrations in the book and had
fun practicing saying words in
other languages. Babar and Queen
Celeste decide to take their
children on a world tour. The
first stop is Italy, followed by
Germany, Spain, and Russia, where
they learn to say hello and a
simple phrase in the host
language. Then they visit India,
Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, and
across the Pacific to the Anasazi
caves of the American Southwest,
Machu Picchu in Peru, then across
the Atlantic to Egypt. After
Paris, they go to Antarctica.
The author is Jean de Brunhoff.

Pysanky, the art of the decorated
egg, is an ancient and beautiful
form of folk art from the
Ukraine. The eggs are used as
ornaments and are widely
collected and admired. Pysanky
eggs are traditionally created
and exchanged among Ukrainian
family members and friends in
springtime at Easter. The varied
designs are traditional. Designs
include geometric shapes, hearts,
bands, flowers, animals and birds.

Every spring I love to read
Rechenka�s Eggs to my students.
Patricia Polacco, my favorite
author, wrote the story. The
story is about an older woman who
works all year to decorate eggs
for the Easter Festival. She
takes in a wounded goose. When
an accident destroys the eggs,
the goose saves the day with
colorful surprises!

Mrs. K, Fiona and Mrs. J design
beautiful Pysanky eggs, too!

It's FUN learning new things!

Using traditional Pysanky Designs
and photographs, students used
colored pencils to decorate their
eggs.

These students drew 2 eggs. One
egg was decorated like an
American Easter Egg. The other
one was decorated like a Ukranian
egg.