Make sure to tie the ribbon tightly and it can be finished off with a simple bow ![]() Do this all around the mini bouquet and fasten with a ribbon. Take parts of the tulle circle and pull it towards the bouquet, giving it a scrunched look. Grab mini bouquet of roses and insert into middle of the tulle circle. Use scissors and make a small snip in the center. Bracelet can now be worn on the wrist by inserting the knot into the loop a couple of times. When you get to the end of the ribbons, tie a secure single knot. Then 1 between 2 and 3 2 between 1 and 3. Then, begin with 3 again and put it between 2 and 1. To braid, line up the 3 ribbons and number them 1, 2, 3. ![]() ![]() Make sure to keep the same colors doubled up. After the knot, start to braid the ribbons together. This loop will be used like a buttonhole for the bracelet. At the folded end, make a single knot with room for a loop. Cut the ribbon, so it is twice the length when measured around your wrist. Add an additional inch then double the length. Take 3 different color ribbons and loosely measure it around your wrist. Turn the valentines into the Site Coordinators to be sent out following the reading clubs.īraided ribbon bracelet. Have each student write their first name, school and grade on the back of their valentine. In response to President Obama's call to service and volunteerism, make valentines to send the Troops or any member of the First Family (President Obama, First Lady Michelle, Sasha, Malia). Have you ever done something even though you felt people might laugh at you? (like coming to Reading to Kids!)Ĭonversation HEARTS: Letters to the Troops and First Family. How do you feel when people ask you to do things nicely? How do you feel when they boss you around? Do you think you can do something no one in your family has done before? (learn a new language/sport, go to college, travel to China/Paris….)ĭo you have a natural talent that no one in your family has? (ie: singing, playing baseball, drawing, spelling.) The pig in this story learns to work like a sheep dog. Have you seen the movie "Babe: The Gallant Pig?"ĭiscussion topics for during/after reading:ĭo you have a pet? Are there rules for your pet? If not, under a good pace you probably can read up to, which is a good place to stop. Vocabulary words: Ewe, Skittle alley, chitterlings, foster, snout, and bitch. ![]() Herd the whole farmyard together: readers of all ages, ambitions, and antecedents will love this one. Masterful characterization brings every personality to vibrant life, while Mary Rayner's lively line illustrations only elucidate images Dick King-Smith has already planted in the reader's mind. But neither Hogget nor Babe, nor anyone else, could have predicted what follows.Īs utterly charming as Charlotte's Web, this book is bound to pluck even the tightest heartstrings. After saving the sheep from rustlers and wild dogs, Babe convinces Hogget that his idea of becoming a sheep-pig "b'aint so stupid" as it might look. Even with Babe's considerable handicaps as a sheepdog-namely, that he's a pig-he manages to overcome all with his earnestly polite and soft-spoken ways, proving once again that might doesn't always make right. So when he is taken in by Farmer Hogget's sheepdog, Fly, it's only natural that he would want to follow in his foster mum's paw-steps. Grade Level: 5th (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)īabe is a sensitive soul, deeply loyal to those who are kind to him. 306 kids attended our March clubs! Click here to see who volunteered.
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