BOOKING ACROSS THE USA

February 8, 2021/ Shelah Moss / Educational, Homeschooling, Reading / 1 comment

We are so excited that Growing Book by Book invited us to take part in the BOOKING ACROSS THE USA TRIP #3 with activities and crafts related to one of the 50 states!

Over 40 participating bloggers are sharing activities and crafts related to one of the 50 states (we have the pleasure of posting about the great State of Louisiana)! We chose the state of Louisiana because we have a great affection for that state. It is where Sarah grew up and it is a beautiful state with a rich history.

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The book that we created a craft project for is Don’t Turn the Page! by Rachelle Burk and illustrated by Julie Downing. Rachelle Burk grew up in New Orleans and attended Louisiana State University. She also wrote Tree House in a Storm about the time when Hurricane Betsy blew into New Orleans in 1965.

Don’t Turn the Page is a beautiful bedtime book with a theme that will be familiar to many parents. The child is stalling going to bed and she thinks that if they “don’t turn the page” she will get to stay up longer. But the story they are reading is so exciting that she just can’t resist hearing a bit more and a bit more… Your children won’t be able to resist turning the page either. We decided to make a bedtime bed boxwith the kids so they could play and recreate the story. It helped that we already had the hedgehog to go with the book and the bed.

We didn’t stop there. We wanted to explore Louisiana while we were Booking Across the USA so we did some research, read more books and created another craft project. We learned that the pelican is the Louisiana state bird and we decided to make our own Paper Plate Pelican.

Alabama: Ed Snapshots

Alaska: Starts at Eight

Arizona: Child-Led Life

Arkansas: Crayon Box Learning

California: Enchanted Homeschooling Mom

Colorado: The Educator’s Spin on It

Connecticut: Art Curator For Kids

Florida: My Little Me

Georgia: Kathy’s Cluttered Mind

Hawaii: Storytime Secrets

Idaho: True Aim Education

Illinois: The Jenny Evolution

Indiana: Primary Inspired

Kansas: KC Edventures

Kentucky: Chicken Babies

Louisiana: Mosswood Connections

Maine: Apples4theTeacher

Maryland: Kerry Aradhya

Massachusetts: Mama Smiles

Michigan: Buggy and Buddy

Minnesota: The Wise Owl Factory

Mississippi: Bambini Travel

Missouri: Inspiration Laboratories

Montana: Kids Yoga Stories

New Hampshire: Elementary Matters

New Jersey: Just Another Mom

New York: Teaching with Grace

North Carolina: All Done Monkey

Ohio: Something 2 Offer

Oklahoma: Allternative Learning

Oregon: Cutting Tiny Bites

Pennsylvania: Still Playing School

South Carolina: JDaniel4’s Mom

South Dakota: Living Montessori Now

Tennessee: Pragmatic Mom

Texas: Kid World Citizen

Utah: Teach Beside Me

Vermont: Kitchen Floor Crafts

Virginia: Library Point

Washington: A Book Long Enough

Wisconsin: Brain Power Boy

Wyoming: Teaching From a Tackle Box

Tags Crafts Education Picture Books United States Book Extension Activity

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