Iowa

Iowa was a bit book-light, but we enjoyed learning about the Iowa Caucuses, and about the butter cow and other butter sculptures at the Iowa State Fair! We also enjoyed listening to some Glenn Miller music while we did our art project.

Books:

• Ten Beautiful Things by Molly Beth Griffin

• Dewey by Vicki Myron

• H is for Hawkeye by Patricia Pierce

• Corn by Gail Gibbons

• Artist in Overalls by John Duggleby

• Iowa (My United States: A True Book) by Ann Squire 

• Grant and Tillie Go Walking by Monica Kulling

Art Project:

Iowa corn fields

We did a google image search for Iowa corn fields and used a few of the farms we saw as models to draw (pencil sketch followed by sharpies for details on the farm buildings, then oil pastel for coloring in those plus the fields, followed by water color for the sky).