For Maine, we really enjoyed learning about light houses, puffins, and Acadia National Park.
Books:
Ultimate Field Trip 3: Wading into Marine Biology
L is for Lobster: A Maine Alphabet by Cynthia Furlong Reynolds
Maine (A True Book: My United States) by Robin S. Doak
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
Acadia National Park (Rookie National Parks) by Audra Wallace
Acadia National Park (A True Book) by Audra Wallace
Andre the Famous Harbor Seal by Fran Hodgkins
Grandma Drove the Lobsterboat by Katie Clark
Lighthouse Dog to the Rescue by Angeli Perrow
Many Hands: A Penobscot Indian Story by Angeli Perrow
Island Boy by Barbara Cooney
Visiting Aunt Sylvia’s by Heather Austin
The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown
Project Puffin: How We Brought Puffins Back to Egg Rock by Stephen W. Kress
Some Writer!: The Story of E. B. White by Melissa Sweet
A Boy, a Mouse, and a Spider--The Story of E. B. White by Barbara Herkert
Poetry for Young People: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Frances Schoonmaker
The Accidental Adventures of India McAllister by Charlotte Agell
Wicked Big Toddlah by Kevin Hawkes
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie! By Peter Roop
Art Project:
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| Maine light house |
For our Maine art project we wanted to depict a light house guarding the coast. Sharpie and oil pastel were used for the light house and tree, flowers, waves, and clouds. Water color was used for the grass, ocean, and sky scape.
