The kids have finished illustrating yet another March BreACK! story. This year, for their Illustrate-Your-Own-Books project, I wrote them a story called “The Earl of Tellurine.” It’s a future-space swashbuckler, loosely based on a couple of different Dumas epics and set in an imagined cosmos known as the Beeshus System. At its heart, it’s a revenge […]
Welcome to The Lunchbox Season’s Family Advent Calendar 2014! It’s the last day of November and the first day of Advent! So, for the sake of clarity, we’re calling this our Family Advent Calendar Day O! Today is the first of our Sketch-It Sundays. Each Sunday in Advent, we’ll be pulling off some inventive book illustration […]
Today, the kids illustrate the fifth and final instalment of our March breACK! 2014 masterpiece, our transformation of Shakespeare’s Pericles. Today, the kids will not only illustrate scenes from our Play of Bearicles, they will also design a book cover or a poster advertising the production of our play. Summary, The Play of Bearicles, Prince […]
Summary, The Play of Bearicles, Prince of Tyre Act IVThe Ghost of the Turtle-Poet Gower once again rises from the sea, informing us that fourteen years have passed since we saw our Bearicles or his wee cub Marina: On Tarsus, Marina has been raised in high style by Cleon and Dionyza. She’s the talk of […]
We’re almost half-way through March breACK! 2014! Today, the kids will continue to illustrate our Shakespeare’s Pericles, transformed: The Play of Bearicles, Prince of Tyre Summary: The Play of Bearicles, Prince of Tyre, Act III Gower, the Turtle-Ghost, rises from the sea once more to catalogue the further trials and tribulations of Bearicles: Several months […]
Today, I’ll encourage the kids to use a bit more colour in their illustrations of our Shakepeare work, transformed, The Play of Bearicles, Prince of Tyre. Summary: The Play of Bearicles, Prince of Tyre, Act II The ghost of the Turtle-Poet, Gower, lets us know that there are more adventures in store for our hero […]
ACK! It’s March breACK! again! For those of you who are new to The Lunchbox Season, this means you’re in for a week of multiple posts (3-4 a day!) to document our crazy goings on. Each day during March BreACK!, the kids will read and illustrate a story I have written for them. [You could […]
Spoilers… Stay tuned for our bearish take on one of my all-time favourite Shakespeare plays…check out our illustrations, follow-along with our art, math and science activities, and try a few of our Mediterranean inspired dishes! SEE YOU MONDAY!
“Blow, blow, thou winter wind….” Last year’s Winter’s Tale Illustrate-Your-Own Book Project was so successful that we thought we should illustrate books during Advent once again, this time, with Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Illustrate-Your-Own Books? How does it work? Each Sunday in Advent, we will read one or two acts from Shakespeare’s As You Like […]
I’ve been really intrigued by some of the gorgeous book designs and redesigns I’ve seen lately. Of course, I’m absolutely in love with Carleton Wilson‘s original book design for Blaise’s new book of poems, Zeppelin. I’ve also been delighted by some recent soft and hard cover Penguin Classics such as Little Women, Moby Dick, and The […]
We made two kinds of Spirit Bear Puppets today! Here are our results and a few printable templates for you and yours! Spirit Bear Stick Puppets I’d like to give credit to Dawn over at dragoart.com. Our Spirit Bear Stick Puppets are stylized versions of bears taken from her How to Draw Bears Tutorial: http://www.dragoart.com/tuts/6277/1/1/how-to-draw-bears.htm. Print […]
Ahma, The Spirit Bear, Part IV (Conclusion): A Berry Picking Party & What Follows, A Precis: Mr. Mansm’ hosts a berry-picking party on the extensive guardian-forest-grounds of Gyeksa-Yuup (Peaceful Earth) followed by a trip to a Amap’as (Good-Looking) Hill, for a view of the local salmon streams and a festive picnic. Things are clearly strained, […]
Today, we’re making Spirit Bear S’mores from scratch, with Honey Marhsmallows and Easy-to-make Honey Graham Cracker Cookie Cut-Outs. Since the dough is egg-free, the kids can snack on it as they cut out their cookies! We would have made our own bear-shaped chocolates, too, I suppose, but the kids have this tendency not to actually […]
Today, we’re playing another Kermode-bear-themed math dice game. The kids will each get a copy of the sheet and play this with a gummy bear as a game piece and their own pair of dice. When each of them finishes, they’ll get a prize [a few bear stickers]. The instructions: Help the Kermode Bear Fin […]
Today, we’re lucky to have papa at home. He and the kids are having a look at drum faces created by Tsishmian artists. A simple Google Image search for “Tsishmian drums” will serve their purpose well. I’m particularly taken with David Boxley’s work [pictured to the left]. The four Tsishmian Clans are represented by a […]
Ahma, The Spirit Bear, Part III: In Which Harriet Hooltga Gyemk is Saved and Jane Ha-Liimi Tries Not to Be, A Precis: Hibernation season is over and the spring brings fresh faces to the village of Mayaa’ol, or Bear Berry. Miss Wax’l and her mother have word that their niece, Jane Ha-Liimi [Musical Instrument], is […]
It’s time for some Spirit Bear Math! Today, the kids are going to have some numbers practice. I’ve created a Spirit Bear Dice Game. They’ll roll a pair of dice and either add or multiply the numbers. If they get the answer right, they’ll place a candy (gummy bears, m&m’s, or chocolate chips) in the […]
Today the girls are “hibernating” while the boys are out at work or play. We’ll be reading lots of books about Spirit Bears and having a “High Tea” with the following treats, taken from yesterday’s reading of Ahma, The Spirit Bear, when Ahma brings tea over to Harriet’s den to apologize for influencing Harriet to like […]
