Book & Art Club

Hosted by the Saint James School librarian and elementary art teacher, the Saint James School Book & Art Club is open to students in 1st – 4th grade.  During each session, students listen to a story and then complete craft projects related to that story.  Crafts and stories are typically themed around the season or a specific Holiday.  Recent examples include:

• A reading of the story “3 Pandas Planting” (about Earth Day ways to help save our Earth) as well as a National Geographic book filled with fun panda facts.  In conjunction with the story, students made a clay sculpture of a panda as well as a panda painting.

• A reading of “The Valentine Bears” followed by making Valentine treat candies out of model magic to put in heart-shaped boxes.

• A reading of the book “Snow What Fun” followed by students creating their own winter scene in a plastic snow globe.

• A reading of stories about the first Thanksgiving followed by students making their own Mayflower Ship & Cornucopia.