March 17th - Celebration Day with Ms. Mitchell's Mavericks

Today was a special day for Bellman! It was our Celebration Day in Ms. Mitchell's class. We have been part of an exciting collaboration with Ms. Mitchell's 2nd grade class at Horrell Hill Elementary and Dr. Powers-Costello's class of Early Childhood majors at USC. We have been working together for about 7 weeks exploring our community, as well as, our state and other countries. This project involved a lot of one-on-one time between the USC students and the 2nd graders. It has also involved a lot of time with Bellman and his books. The project has now expanded into a Social Studies Buddies collaboration with a class at Forest Lake Elementary. The children always enjoy when Bellman comes to visit and Bellman enjoys it too! He gets lots of hugs from all of his special friends! One of the moms surprised us with this cake. Isn't it great?! It tasted as good as it looks. One of the children offered a piece of cake to Bellman, but Bellman said "No thanks; I'm "stuffed"!"

Brenda

February 17, 2009 - School Visits

Today I was able to share Bellman with a 1st grade class at Forest Lake Elementary and a 2nd grade class at Horrell Hill Elementary School in Columbia. I really enjoy these school visits because it gives me the opportunity to interact with students again. It was fun to hear their thoughts as we studied Social Studies and learned about Bellman the Traveling Bear. I hope to schedule more school visits soon.

Brenda