Mini Page Teacher Guide for Decorating Dough
This issue guides teachers and parents in decorating Christmas ornaments with kids. Activities progress from simple picture hunts to kitchen safety, crafts planning, budgeting, and exploring holiday ads and local events. Students identify items, compare utensils, draw a tree, list supplies, and discuss fractions found in the page.
Treasure Box Craft Instructions
A DIY project explains making a decorative treasure box using a cigar box or similar. Cut meaningful pictures from magazines, mix white glue with water, and cover the box and lid in layers. Fill gaps with colored tissue shapes, then seal with four additional glue coats, allowing each coat to dry fully.
The Mini Page by Betty Debnam
Betty Debnam offers a children friendly look at daily life with simple activities and bright illustrations. The page invites young readers to explore crafts stories and wholesome topics through short engaging prompts.
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Betty Debnam
Writers Corner: area students share memories and sport notes
The piece features Rusty Greene of Pierce Elementary Cedar Rapids and a child’s hiking tale with siblings, a slippery trail, a lake, and a fun final hike. It ends with a rainy day mood and a call to go outside and play despite gloom.
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Rusty Greene
Pierce Elementary
Cedar Rapids
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