Meet My New Book ~ First Steps in Missions!

First Steps in Missions, Ideas and Activities for Preschoolers and Teachers

 by Angie Quantrell @AngieQuantrell

I'm honored to announce the release of First Steps in Missions, Ideas and Activities for Preschoolers and Teachers, Volume 22.

What? You already have a copy?

True. It was available in late summer. I was barely available. Thank you for going on without me and getting your copy!

My honey and I were eyebrow deep in cleaning, packing, sorting, storing, and donating our belongings. Why? We sold our home. I should say, God sold our home. In 3 days.

That was a quick sale and left us with no free time to do anything. Except move.

Never fear, we are not homeless. Many of you have already seen the pictures. We are full-time RV'ers living in a solid (though you can feel it move when walking inside), warm (we hope), and quite spacious RV with our 2 crazy kitties. The excitement and adventure is fantastic! Let's just not mention the period of adjustment, shall we?

In the midst of this transition, First Steps in Missions was released. I'm very excited to see this work in print.

In honor of this project, I am going to take a monthly walk through each chapter and area of the world, choose my favorite activity, and flesh out additional ways to use the activity with preschoolers. So much fun!

Coming soon: September fun in the Philippines.

If you would like your own copy, I'm thrilled to direct you on the right paths. First Steps in Missions, Volume 22

Thanks for stopping by!

My Teacher Is a Monster! No, I Am Not. ~ Picture Book & KID KANDY

Meet the Monster Teacher.

By Angie Quantrell @AngieQuantrell

My Teacher Is a Monster! No, I Am Not.
By Peter Brown
(Little, Brown and Company, 2014)

Bobby had a big problem at school. His teacher was a monster. A monster who made his education miserable.

But one Saturday morning, Bobby discovered his teacher sitting on a park bench. Much to his horror. After a hysterically role-appropriate series of interactions, Robert rescues Ms. Kirby's hat from certain destruction. Suddenly, Bobby notices that his teacher no longer resembles a monster as much as he used to think.

My Teacher Is a Monster! No, I Am Not. is a very funny and clever book. The illustrations, story, and conversations between the two characters are entertaining and engaging.

School-aged children will love reading this book.

KID KANDY:

Make a Paper Airplane

Materials: copy paper (scrap is best), paper clip, pencils or markers

1. If you don't know how to fold a paper airplane, ask an adult or older sibling to teach you. It just takes a little bit of practice.

2. Decorate the airplane paper.

3. Fold the paper into an airplane. Test your airplane. If it flies fine, don't worry about the paper clip. But I've found out that sometimes a paper clip stuck on the nose of the plane (the front) helps it to fly.

4. Head outside and fly that plane! You could have a contest with a friend or create a flying course for paper planes.

Where should you not fly paper airplanes? (Hint: Bobby knows!)
Where should you fly paper airplanes? (Hint: Remember what happened in the book?)

Happy reading and happy flying!

P.S. What was the longest distance your plane flew? I'd love to hear.