Wiggle and Waggle by Caroline Arnold
Last Friday, I covered a 6-8 year old book group called “Crunch, Munch, and READ.” We read Wiggle and Waggle by Caroline Arnold. Then colored and cut out a wormy bookmark, punched a hole through one end and tied a string through it. Finally, we made dirty. Since I don’t use recipes, we improvised! I gave the kids: granola, peanuts, chocolate sprinkles, graham crackers, caramel syrup, melted hershey chocolate semi-sweet morsels, gummy worms, and sour gummy worms. The kids took it from there! The boys had an excellent time making up stories involving dirt falling from the sky and gigantic worms taking over the world. So different from girl behavior! Take a look:
Children’s Book Groups – Diversity Titles
My library has just given me the ‘go ahead’ to choose some book discussion titles that could be used for special diversity month planning. Here’s what I’ve asked for:
[Hispanic Heritage Month] The Circuit by Jimenez, Francisco
[Black History Month] Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson
[Women's History Month] Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins
[Diversity] The London Eye Mystery by Siobhan Dowd
My group is comprised of fourth through sixth graders. Previous books we’ve read include The City of Ember (J. Duprau), The Invention of Hugo Cabret (B. Selznick), The Lightning Thief (R. Riordan) and A Crooked Kind of Perfect (L. Urban). Have any suggestions?
