Tornado craft

Earlier this spring I was driving home from my parents house through the country side with the kids. They live about 45 minutes away and the drive is mostly past corn fields and farms. My husband had stayed home that day, so I had the three kids in the van alone with me. There are very few things in this world that terrify me, but tornadoes are one of them. I still have nightmares about the movie Twister. (I'm pretty sure that movie has scarred me for life.) It was one of those days where…

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My latest miniature is a tornado! I started it whilst I was still at home over the summer and finally got round to finishing it. It started...

We had a state-wide tornado drill today so I thought it would be a good idea to share a tornado craft my class made last week. Way back in February when I was looking for ideas for a Valentine's Day display, I found the perfect one at Life in First Grade. I ended up using her idea for my display, but I also liked the tornado craft her kids did. I changed it up a bit when my kids made them for our weather unit. On their paper I squirted a little bit of black paint and a little bit of white…

For once contain the mess and make a tornado in a jar !

Earlier this spring I was driving home from my parents house through the country side with the kids. They live about 45 minutes away and the drive is mostly past corn fields and farms. My husband had stayed home that day, so I had the three kids in the van alone with me. There are very few things in this world that terrify me, but tornadoes are one of them. I still have nightmares about the movie Twister. (I'm pretty sure that movie has scarred me for life.) It was one of those days where…

We had a state-wide tornado drill today so I thought it would be a good idea to share a tornado craft my class made last week. Way back i...

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*This post may contain affiliate links. Please see my Disclosure Page for details. We had tons of fun with the Poppins Book Nook blog series last year and we will be continuing that fun all throughout 2015. This month's theme was, "Weather" Keep reading to learn more about the book we read, the craft we made and to grab your FREE weather journal page. There is also a giveaway is at the end of the post! To check out all of our past Poppins Book Nook posts click here. Books: This months theme…

We are working on our weather unit right now in science, and today we talked about tornadoes. Yes, living in Kansas we are right in tornado alley!! Last week had to practice our school wide tornado drill before school even started.....right during our morning transition time. Good thing we were prepared and had practiced several times. The kids knew right what to do and where to go. Our principal thought we needed to practice during one of our more "crazy" times of the day. Really?!?!?!? (He…