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 If you haven’t had the opportunity to see the Palm Breeze Café link…. then you must take a look. They have simplified finding some great resources by putting links in one location. In the hot links section you will find Wordle, Zamzar and my favorite Bubble Comment. You’ll also like the links under hot stuff, where one can find Google Earth Files. Palm Breeze Cafe has also submitted a resource link to Discovery Education called 360 Google Earth. Be sure to take a look at the 360 degree views of specific areas around the world.  It will “wow” you.  

 Star member Jason Parker also shared a great link. I have added this one to my school blogroll and my students love it.  The Radio links you to music from the 1950’s -present day. My students love to  listen to music from the Era of history they are studying. Students have even found some of the songs of Woody Guthrie from the 1940’s. What a fun site! Thanks Jason keep sharing.

In 1963 Maurice Sendak published Where the Wild Things Are.  A story of Max, who is sent to his room without supper.  In his room, Max’s imagination takes over and he journeys to the land of the Wild Things.  It has been a beloved children’s book ever since.

Discovery Education Streaming has the Where the Wild Things Are video.  The video is just over 7 minutes long and a teachers guide is also available.  Both the book and the video are appropriate for grades K -2.

After showing the video or reading the book, take you kids to buildyourwildself.com to, well, build your wild self.  I turned myself into a Gaz-ossa-rusa-frog that likes to play guitar.  The site was created by the New York Zoos and Aquarium.  Students will have a great time creating themselves into a monster.  Since they are using parts from an actual animal, it is easy to bring in science into the lesson.  Talking about the places the animals live brings in social studies.  Math can be integrated by sorting the monsters.  Fans of the Madagascar movies may enjoy that the site was recently updated with Madagascar parts.  Don’t worry if you don’t recognize the animals, there is a short explanation at the end.  Buildyourwildself.com allows you to save, print, and send your wild self to a friend.