I have been wanting to share this post with you since last fall,  and this week we got a little bit of technology that makes sharing fun and easy!  Thanks Carl and Jeri Malouf for the brand new printer/fax/copier/scanner! 🙂 Each year Teacher Marie has an entire week that focuses on Jan Brett, one of her favorite children’s authors.  Jan Brett is an extremely talented illustrator who uses the concept of “the frame” in many of her book pages. Inspired by this idea, Teacher Marie gives the children a piece of paper that is blank with the exception of the  fine line of a frame.  She asks them  to use their imagination to draw a picture and when they are done, each student dictates the story told in the picture.    I love the open ended nature of this activity, and the results are delightful!