The creative arts are an essential part of the primary school education. By using the activities in these books, you can strengthen fine-motor skills and foster creativity and confidence.
The Book of Crafts: Second Grade has a craft project for each literature read-aloud in the Second Grade Read-Aloud Set. The crafts in this book have been carefully chosen to promote skill growth and coordination, but the most important component is fun.
Crafts included for each of these books:
- Johnny Appleseed by Reeve Lindbergh
- The Boy Who Drew Birds by Jacqueline Davies
- The Monkey and the Crocodile by Paul Galdone
- Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss (older printings have McElligot's Pool)
- The Ant and the Elephant by Bill Peet
- One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey
- Amos and Boris by William Steig
- Cinderella by Marcia Brown
- Maybelle the Cable Car by Virginia Lee Burton
- Ming Lo Moves the Mountain by Arnold Lobel (older printings have The Five Chinese Brothers)
- Wee Gillis by Munro Leaf
- The Thanksgiving Story by Alice Dalgliesh
- Lucy’s Christmas by Donald Hall
- The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski
- The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
- The Big Snow by Berta and Elmer Hader
- The Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by Virginia Lee Burton
- A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart by David A. Adler
- Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda
- George Washington’s Breakfast by Jean Fritz
- Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet
- Cyrus the Unsinkable Sea Serpent by Bill Peet
- Emily by Michael Bedard
- Sam, Bangs, & Moonshine by Evaline Ness
- Island Boy by Barbara Cooney
- The Easter Egg by Jan Brett
- Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Ted Rand
- Verdi by Janell Cannon *
- The Gift of the Tree by Alvin Tresselt
- The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
- A Visit to William Blake’s Inn by Nancy Willard
- The Fourth of July Story by Alice Dalgliesh
- Lucy’s Summer by Donald Hall
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