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Friday.                 This star was made by a friend’s son who attends a Montessori School in Colorado. This is a part of their Hand Work Curriculum. I looked through a Paper Craft book for instructions and online, still looking, Will include when I find, Here I found many options..from websites, however, True creativity is seeing something and figuring out how to make something similar with your own twist. See if you can figure this out. They used rainbow tissue paper, use what you have, and put sunshine and happiness up in your windows to bring you joy, and anyone seeing your creations too, when you look out on the World this rainy morning here in the Northeast.  Origami stars. many options for fun, creativity and dexterity based learning below.  https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/books/try-this-extreme/paper-engineering/ handwork, paper crafts https://www.artwithmrsnguyen.com/2014/08/radial-orig...

Lesson plan.  Look at an Atlas Definition from Webster’s Dictionary. at·las | ˈatləs | noun 1 a book of maps or charts: a road atlas | I looked in the atlas to find a map of Italy . • a book of illustrations or diagrams on any subject: Atlas of Surgical Operations . 2 (also atlas vertebra) Anatomy the topmost vertebra of the backbone, articulating with the occipital bone of the skull. 3 (plural atlantes | ətˈlantēz | ) Architecture a stone carving of a male figure, used as a column to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building. ORIGIN late 16th century (originally denoting a person who supported a great burden): via Latin from Greek Atlas , the Titan of Greek mythology who supported the heavens and whose picture appeared at the front of early atlases. I heard the word atlas in reference to other things yesterday. What else can the word Atlas be used to describe? Find a place you’d like to go on a road trip. Calculate the cost o...

Wednesday, Earth Day.  The Earth Day Song, has been Translated into all the 102 languages spoken at the United Nations. https://youtu.be/kQz8jxJLNOA 10 Facts about Earth Day. https://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/earth-day-facts?did=515657-20200422&utm_campaign=rs-daily-finds_newsletter&utm_source=realsimple.com&utm_medium=email&utm_content=042220&cid=515657&mid=32685132761 The granddaddy of Earth Day events is a coalition of hundreds of activist organizations convening for Earth Day Live 2020 . Originally planned to be the largest climate strike in history, organizers are now hosting three days of programming sunup to sundown and an extremely long list of celebrity participants. I don’t often use this word, but if you care about climate change, this event is gonna be lit. Take a look at the programming yourself and RSVP. Earth Day , the organization that originally created the event, will host a 24-hour live event on Wed...