E-Books: Adventures in Learning
My Life's Work
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Writing a teacher memoire became my life’s work after I retired. At first, I imagined a book in print, but realized as time slipped by and technology improved, I decided that it would be better to create digital e-books that could be easily downloaded.
Wonder! Teaching and learning with wonder!
Following are books and stories about projects co-created with me as teacher, and my classes of students. These projects are packed full of children's wonder, innovation, discovery, creativity, inspiration and in-depth learning.
Introduction and Background
This booklet describes my own teaching journey; the influences; the impact; and the reasons for these stories and learning adventures. From traditional pedagogy to inspired co-created inquiry-based project learning.
I believe it is important for those interested to know what they might be getting if ordering one of the e-books for sale. Here are a couple of stories to read at no charge.
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A Book is a Book This is a 5-page booklet documenting the dialogue as children develop new theories as to what exactly defines a book.
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The Traffic Accident This emergent project and documentation took the place of regular learning for one morning.
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Haunted Houses - A 17-page document with photos showing the process of creating haunted houses from cardboard boxes and paper-maché.
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Author in Residence - A 29-page document with rich ideas for writers from gr 3 and up. Students brainstormed for characters, settings and problems to create a huge resource for combining variations to create stories.
- Speed Stacking - A 21-page document that illustrates how critical it is to select the right media to show evidence of all the learning.
E-books for purchase
These E-books for purchase are comprehensive compilations of many sub-projects that are rich with student examples and illustrations of their documentation of learning
Using the app Sellfy, I was able to match the criteria and protocols needed to set this plan in motion. Readers will be able to purchase and download files safely and securely.
Pumpkin Projects $5
A 24-page collection of Pumpkin Projects
- Pumpkin Painting
- Pumpkin Carving
- Cooking with Pumpkins
- Classroom Environment
- Pre-K Literacy
- Pumpkin House
- Scientific Drawings
- Rotting Pumpkins Documentation
Dinosaur Projects $10
115 pages of Dinosaur Inquiries from eight different classes.
- Research
- Fossils
- Digestion
- Coprolite
- Constructions
- Time Periods
- Movies
- Songs
- Literacy
Africa Projects $10
This is a 60 page e-book containing the most excellent adventures.
- Building projects - African elephant, village
- Information Book
- Drumming
- Lions
- Gorillas
- Technology integration
- Dancing
- Mapping
- Displays
- Classroom Environment
- Literacy Connections
Franklin Projects - $7
https://carolvaage.sellfy.store/p/franklin-projects/
The first book completed is Franklin Projects. Franklin is a story character created by Paulette Bourgeois and illustrated by Brenda Clark. This 38-page book contains the stories of projects completed by my kindergarten and Grade 1 classes.