School-Age: Two Truths and a Lie: It's Alive!

Yep, our program this week is based off of the book "Two Truths and a Lie: It's Alive!" by Ammi-Joan Paquette. 


1. Reading
Obviously, we read "Two Truths and a Lie: It's Alive!" by Ammi-Joan Paquette. This book has a huge appeal for kids. The older ones can read it on their own and even parents will get a kick out of reading it with their younger ones. It has some pretty amazing (and unbelievable) facts and stories. Each chapter features three different stories and, by the end of the chapter, you have to decide which of the three stories is a lie. 

We only read the first chapter at the program but I chose a few of the trivia fact questions from the book, as well as a few abbreviated stories, to share with the kids from the book.


2. Discussion
After reading the first chapter, the kids had to guess which of the three stories was a lie.

Then we shared abbreviated stories from chapter five, learned about some incredible animal facts, and discovered which strange-named plant does not actually exist. These were all fun facts from the book to get the kids interested in reading the rest of it but also curious about strange animals/plants that exist!


3. Craft
This was the perfect week to bring out left-over craft supplies and see what the kids could make. We brought out popsicle sticks, tissue paper, pipe cleaners, foam, eyeballs, and more! The object of the craft was that they could create their very own strange plant or creature and, if they wanted to share, could tell us what weird characteristics it has.

Here are some examples our teens and Ms. Carol made:

Notes: 
I actually did not present this week. I was sick for the first program and am out later this week for vacation. But, Ms. Carol is holding down the fort and is handling everything brilliantly. She said the kids loved that the book mentioned fun facts about poop (as most school-agers do).