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2010-2011 Log of Books and Materials

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By Pittsburgh Midwife
Reading & Research Books:
Adventures of Captain Underpants, Volumes 1-8 (Pilkey)
Calvin and Hobbes: Revenge of the Babysat (Watterson)
Calvin and Hobbes: Weirdos From Another Planet (Watterson)
Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Adventure
The Celery Stalks At Midnight
The Essential Calvin and Hobbes
Choose Your Own Adventure #
Choose Your Own Adventure #

Magazines:
Game Informer
Lego Club
Ranger Rick
Ranger Rick: Just For Fun
Ask
Cricket

Reference/Text Books & Materials:


Movies:
Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters II

Television Series/Specials:
Angry Beavers
Adventure Time
Ed, Edd & Eddy
The Real Ghostbusters
Spongebob Squarepants
Invader Zim
Mythbusters
The Fairly Odd Parents
Dexter's Lab

Online/Computer Games:
Various Flash Animation Games
City of Heroes
City of Villains
Electric Box
Scratch (Programming Language System from MIT)

Board/Table Games:
Various Self-designed Games
Dice Games
Word Pirates
Bananagrams
Bug Wars
Rush Hour

Video Games:
Scribblenauts - DS
WarioWare D.I.Y. - DS
Tamagotchi Party 3 - DS
Spore - DS
Ham Ham Challenge - DS
Kabooki - Wii

Educational/Reference Websites:
Wiktionary.com
YouTube.com
KhanAcademy.com
Wikipedia.com
Brainpop.com

Field Trips:


Other Resources/Materials:
Legos
Periodic Table of Elements Poster
Flags of the United States Poster
Scratch (Programming Language System from MIT)
Tangrams
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