Home
By Carson Ellis
(Candlewick Press, 2015)
Home is where you lay your head or where your heart takes up residence. Home is usually where you reside or where you grew up or where your loved ones live.
Welcome to Home by Carson Ellis.
In her book, Ellis simply and beautifully shows many of the places we call home. Reality and whimsical as well as fairy tale and modern pop culture all have a part in the meaning of home. Ellis even makes up a few words, just to surprise and delight readers. Home is one of my new favorite books.
Home would be a great book to use at the beginning of school to get students to share about their own homes. What a fun Open House art project!
Where is your home?
KID KANDY:
Draw Your Home
Do you live in a house? A log cabin? A mobile home? An RV? An apartment?
Get out the pencils, markers, crayons, or paints. Draw a picture of your house. Color it in. Decorate the outside so that it looks just like your house. Sign your name and put the date on your drawing. Display it so others can see your home as it looks on paper.
Take a walk. How do other homes in your neighborhood compare to your home? Don't just look at people homes - check out animal, plant, and other nature type homes.
How do you feel about your home?
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