Fingerprints are just one of the ways God shows his creativity and his great love for us! No two people have the same fingerprints. It is unique to each one of us. And if skin is removed or cut off, your fingerprint will grow back with the new skin. Amazing!
The featured post from last week is What to Read and What Not to Read from Devastate Boredom.
Officer Panda: Fingerprint Detective by Ashley Crowley – a fun story of a mystery solving panda.
Fingerprints on the Mirror by Mary Ann Vitale – a delightful book about how even a small child can impact the lives of others when done with intention and love.
Whose Fingerprints Are These?: Crime-Solving Science Projects (Who Dunnit? Forensic Science Experiments) by Robert Gardner – Use your sleuthing skills and the scientific method to do fun science projects about fingerprints, lip prints, footprints, and more. A great launch pad for science fair ideas as well.
Ed Emberley's Complete Funprint Drawing Book – Using just fingerprints and a few letters, Ed Emberley shows would-be artists how to create owls, pigs, fish, and basketball players! This colorful step-by-step book is easy and crafty, and provides hours of art-full fun for all ages!
Let's Make Some Great Fingerprint Art by Marion Deuchars – Create handprint birds, lions and reindeer; invent strange creatures by combining fingerprints, handprints and blowpainting; make fingerprint stencil art or create your own gallery of aliens and monsters.
Fingerprint Monsters and Dragons: Fun Art with Fingers Thumbs and Paint by Llona Molnar – For the boys and the more adventurous! Learn how to create all kinds of monsters, dragons, knights, pirates and more!
There were several other books that talked about the forensic science of fingerprints which I thought might be worthy of mentioning but too deep or mature for elementary age kids and I haven't checked them out myself to know how detailed or gory they could be and didn't feel comfortable sharing those titles, but if you have an older child who is interested in forensic science, I'd encourage your to search Amazon for “fingerprint forensics“, and then just use your best judgement as to what you encounter there.
Now for the Link-Up Party!
This list has our topics for 2015, but you don't have to stick to that, anything reading and family related is welcome. Our hosts will still share a themed selection each week, but our link up will be for anything family friendly – always. If you'd like to join us as a co-host in the new year, please contact Katie.
- Katie @ Paradise Praises {Facebook} {Pinterest} {Twitter}
- Tara @ Embark on the Journey {Facebook} {Pinterest} {Twitter}
- Jeanae @ Just Jeanae {Facebook} {Pinterest} {Twitter}
- Dawnita @ Prairie Dust Trail {Facebook} {Pinterest} {Twitter}
- Beth @ Classes by Beth {Facebook} {Pinterest}
- Anne @ My Learning Table {Facebook} {Pinterest} {Twitter}
Mary Hill says
Thanks for another great weekly linkup. Please free to link up with us at LIteracy Musing Mondays. Also enter our contest. 🙂
~ linda says
What a great idea for a book grouping! I love this, giving so many good ideas for a lesson!
Katie Hornor says
So glad you loved this topic! Thanks for linking up!