2012 NH Ladybug Award

This fall, NHCS students in kindergarten, first, second, and third grade will be introduced to the ten picture books nominated for the 2012 NH Ladybug Award. In November, they will join students across the state in selecting this year's winner. Watch this blog for details about each book - and ask your student about them as we have fun reading them all!

Ladybug Book #5: One

Many classes have already heard this Ladybug Award nominated book One, a picture book by Kathryn Otoshie. One is filled with colors and numbers but that's not really what the book is about. When Miss Bocko's first graders heard the story of One, this is what they thought of it:
      It was about bullying.

      It was about working together.

     At the end, the bully was smarter and nicer.

     He wanted to join the others so he could have fun, too.

Click on this link to hear author Kathryn Otoshi read her story aloud while elementary students act it out. It's a good message for us all. 

Kindergarten Paints!

In ICT class, kindergartners have been painting! Using a free paint program, they've learned about brush sizes and color selection and how to use "Magic" to fill color inside the lines.

This student made a scuba diver swimming under water. In the coming weeks, children will be drawing and painting a picture that will become the first artifact in their digital portfolios!

The program we use is called TuxPaint and it's free! You can download your own copy right here!