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Edward and the Pirates ~ David McPhail (Virtual Book Club for Kids)

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Although I am late getting this up and won't be able to participate in the Linky, I still wanted to post our activities surrounding the book Edward and the Pirates by David McPhail.



We had never read anything by David McPhail, so we checked out a couple of his books and read them.









McPhail is an author we really enjoyed. His illustrations were brilliant, too. What I really loved about the books was his obvious love of reading. In fact, reading is a main theme in all of the Edward books.


We happened to be doing a unit study on Maps, so reading a book about pirates and a treasure map was extra fun. Here are a couple of the activities we did:

A math grid assignment helping us find the treasure. Fun!

Peripheral vision activity.

Depth perception activity.

I had planned to make a treasure map and send the kids on a scavenger hunt to find a hidden treasure. But, we never got around to it. We got deep into our Maps study and just never found the time.


This month's author is Dr. Seuss. I need to get that one planned!


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  1. JanetFebruary 21, 2013 at 8:08 AM

    You do such cute things with the kids!

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  2. LaurieFebruary 21, 2013 at 4:27 PM

    Fun! I look forward to your next "book club" post. :)

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  3. Erin D - The Usual MayhemFebruary 22, 2013 at 7:23 AM

    I'd never read any of his books before the VBC linkup either. We've read quite a few since then. I love the peripheral vision and depth perception activities! Can't wait to see what you do with Dr. Seuss.

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  4. MaryFebruary 23, 2013 at 1:30 PM

    Haha! I love the eye patches. You do such fun activities.

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