Happy Presidents Day!

The third Monday in February is Presidents Day.

George Washington and Abe Lincoln were both born in February, so we honor these men with a national holiday.

Washington Monument
Photo by Mrs. Yollis 

Lincoln Memorial with Mrs. Yollis 

Learn about these historical figures from our PuppetPal videos.

Ben and Elijah

 




 Carsyn and Kevin 

 



 Archie and Paul

 



 Cade and Isla




 Emma and Darien





 Emily E. and Ivy







 Evan and Kasra 





 Julia and Natalia

What are some additional fun facts about President Washington and President Lincoln?

PuppetPals: The Coin Club!

Mrs. Yollis' third graders have been creating a movie about American coins to share with their blogging buddies over at the Our World, Our Numbers global project that started this week.

Here is our production called The Coin Club!

(It will be posted over on the Our World, Our Stories blog as well.)

The third graders used PuppetPals on an iPad. Photos were used as well as the American History characters that came with the $2.99 version. Mrs. Yollis us the Reflector app ($12.99) to mirror the PuppetPal movie on her laptop. Then she used Camtasia to film the final project and upload to YouTube. 

It was a lot of steps and many failures occurred along the way. For example, the class learned that they needed to SAVE each scene before moving on when working in PuppetPals. Perseverance paid off! We hope you enjoy our hard work! 

Have you ever struggled to create something?

What do you think of our coin creation?