Look at this brightly colored and beautiful illustrated book. It brings art, music and culture together.
Our vocabulary word:
“You can always make something out of nothing”
This book is based on a song:
Here is the version of the song I played:
We danced like Joseph might have danced at his nephew’s wedding (to Hava Nagila):
On the projector we also watched the Jewish wedding tradition of lifting the bride and groom up on chairs (to Hava Nagila):
One of the best things about this book is the details. I could spend weeks looking at all of the details of each page. On this page, this is what they are singing. I looked it up!
Ha ha ha!
Next door, in Maker Space, they used recycled items to make Joseph’s coat:
Sadly Hurricane Helene forced us to cancel school, so I couldn’t hold my after school classes. I had planned to make “something out of nothing” by making “self portraits” with recycled materials.
I also had planned this next craft using the illustrations of the city buildings with people looking out. I thought it would be fun to take a photo of all the children. They would have cut and pasted their own photos and of their friends. They then would have glued the photos of their choice (and of Beatrix, Berto and Miss Library?). Make sure to look closely:
Another Berto and Beatrix approved book!
Find more ideas to go with this book here: