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Margaret Wise Brown
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Although “Goodnight Moon” is her best known work (it has sold forty-eight million copies since 1947), children’s author Margaret Wise Brown (1910 – 1952) wrote more than a hundred children’s books before dying suddenly at forty-two while recovering from surgery. Her special magic was using simple language to tell a story from a child’s point of view.
HarperCollins Childrens's: Margaret Wise Brown
Celebrating 100 years of Margaret Wise Brown, this HarperCollins sites features some of her bestselling books with printable bedtime activities, coloring games, a printable counting activity, and an audio snippet from “The Runaway Bunny”. There is also a short Brown bio and a longer one of illustrator Clement Hurd. “The son of a prosperous New York mortgage banker, Hurd attended St. Paul’s and Yale, and seemed destined to join his father’s firm when, in the spring of 1931, he announced his plan to become an artist and sailed for France.”
Homeschool Creations: Goodnight Moon Unit
Crafty homeschooling mom Jolanthe shares activities and printables for a Goodnight Moon week. “We learned the nursery rhyme Hey Diddle Diddle this week {one of the pictures in Goodnight Moon is of the cow jumping over the moon}. As he found words to the rhyme {on a separate sheet}, he used a Do-A-Dot Marker to blot them out.” You find the printable worksheets at the bottom of the page, listed under Other Helpful Goodnight Moon Links.
Hubbard's Cupboard: Goodnight Moon
Hubbard’s Cupboard, a site for parents and teachers of preschoolers and kindergarten students, presents a five-day plan for teaching and enjoying “Goodnight Moon” with a group of youngsters. “Day One: Ask students to share with the class things that they do to get ready for bed (brush teeth, get a drink of water, put on pajamas, hug a family member, find their favorite stuffed animal, say goodnight, etc.)” The lesson plan includes a list of related poems, a few craft projects, and cross-curricular ideas such as studying nocturnal animals in science.
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Quote of the Week
“Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.” ~~ Rita Mae Brown ~~ (born November 28, 1944) American author and screenwriter. Click this link to find read more of her quotes.
Surfing the Calendar
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National Flower Month May
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L. Frank Baum’s Birthday May 15, 1856
Discovery of Largest Prime Number Known to Man May 15, 2004
National Geographic Bee May 15-17, 2017
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Karol Wojtyla Birthday (Pope John Paul II) May 18, 1920
Major Mount St. Helens Volcanic Eruption May 18, 1980
Circus Day, Anniversary of First Ringling Brothers Performance May 19, 1884
Premiere of Star Wars: Episode I May 19, 1999
Charles Lindbergh Flies Historic Solo Nonstop Transatlantic Flight May 20-21, 1927
Amelia Earhart’s Atlantic Crossing May 20, 1932
Weights and Measures Day May 20, 2017
National Backyard Games Week May 21-27, 2017
Most Powerful Earthquake of the 20th Century Struck Chile May 22, 1960
Margaret Wise Brown’s Birthday May 23, 1910
World Turtle Day May 23, 2017