Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Book borders
Often it’s only after the 85th reading of a picture book (because we do read them 85 times, don’t we?) that you notice the small details. Like the borders. We hunted down a few fabulous border books and found a whole array of styles.
We found Beatrix Potter’s neat squares, the curling ribbon around a nursery rhyme book, the tattered and torn paged look for a pirate book, an intricate border with highlights and shading, sequins and rick-rack for a felt-illustrated book and a border which included captions.
Tom, Annalise and I had a go at a few borders ourselves. Tom understood the pattern concept and decorated a menu with a squiggly border. I’d like to do this again, in particular with Annalise, as it’s a great way to practise patterns. And while technically I know that patterns are an important mathematical concept, I think it’s just good fun to swish a few paint brushes around!
By the way, Nicole at Planning with Kids asked me to write a guest post for her. I’ve started my Christmas preparations early this year and have written a post on our ten favourite Christmas books – have a look! Nicole has a brilliant blog about organising every aspect of your life so that there is more time to be spent with your kids. There is something for everyone there!
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3-5 years,
6-7 years,
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Enjoyed your post over at Planning with Kids! Great idea from Meri - I am going to collect all of our Christmas books and pop them in a special corner somewhere to read with my gang. I am still reading your blog too. Hope that all is well over at your place - I am sure that you are busy. KLH
ReplyDeletevery inspiring, Karen. thanks for sharing such mindful insights.
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