We were SO excited to have Henry's mom, award winning children's book illustrator Julie Morstad, visit our classroom to share her brand new book How To with us and do art! Her imaginative 'how to' book explores whimsical ways of doing everyday things like, 'how to go fast', 'how to be brave', 'how to see the wind' and 'how to wash your face'. Her delicate and detailed illustrations depict children experiencing the simplest of things in the most beautiful of ways. Have you ever looked up at falling rain to wash your face or flown a kite to see the wind?
The book provides lots of opportunities for discussion and sharing of connections. The children had a chance to ask Julie questions afterwards. We learned that Julie's ideas are often inspired by her family, especially her children and that some of her illustrations even look like Henry and his siblings. Julie brought kite making supplies for us to create and design our own kite frames out of popsicle sticks. We decorated our kites with tissue paper, ribbon, string and markers. The children drew a picture of themselves, which was added to the colourful display Julie created outside our classroom. Thank you for a wonderful afternoon Julie!
Visit Julie's website to see more of her beautiful books and illustrations! http://www.juliemorstad.com
How to see the wind...
The book provides lots of opportunities for discussion and sharing of connections. The children had a chance to ask Julie questions afterwards. We learned that Julie's ideas are often inspired by her family, especially her children and that some of her illustrations even look like Henry and his siblings. Julie brought kite making supplies for us to create and design our own kite frames out of popsicle sticks. We decorated our kites with tissue paper, ribbon, string and markers. The children drew a picture of themselves, which was added to the colourful display Julie created outside our classroom. Thank you for a wonderful afternoon Julie!
Visit Julie's website to see more of her beautiful books and illustrations! http://www.juliemorstad.com
How to see the wind...
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