Chapter 21: The Greening Spring

Vocabulary Words:

spring

in love

Canada

pond

hope

problems

solve

music

rapture

hope

Art Project: Nature Inspired Foil Transfer Art

This chapter talks a lot about the beautiful nature where Louis calls home in Canada. Let's create some nature inspired art today. Supplies Needed: Card-stock or Sturdy Paper, Permanent Marker, Washable Markers, Spray Bottle Filled with Water, Aluminum Foil. Using your Permanent market, draw your nature inspired art work with lines on card stock. Flatten your foil and draw on the surface with your washable color markers, in an abstract color pattern. Spray with water to dampen the ink slightly, then place your art work face down on the colored foil. Pat down and rub the paper gently to be sure the colors transfers. Gently lift up the paper from the foil and leave in a safe place to dry. Write or dicate a story about your art work. Perhaps it's about the pond where Louis lives, or a place you love in nature. Optional: Continue this project over and over to create a series of art work inspired by this book.

Bake: Canadian Flapper Pie

Make this traditional, delicious pie to celebrate the final chapter of this Novel Study!

Additional Books about Canada:

Carson Crosses Canada by Linda Bailey

Canada in Colors by Per-Henkit Gurth

I am Canada by Heather Patterson

ABC of Canada by Kim Bellefontaine

Canada ABC by Paul Covello

Good Morning Canada by Andrea Lynn Beck

Good Night Canada by Andrea Beck

Discussion Questions:

Once spring came, where did Louise and Serena fly off to?

What was the first sound their babies would hear?

Who would show up occasionally to visit?

Over the years, where would Louis take his family for long trips?

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