#jeanettewinter

The girls and I enjoyed Jeanette Winter’s kids bio of Serena and Venus Williams, how they grew up, the impact of their hard work and their perseverance and standing out in the tennis world. We opted for a tennis racket for an accompanying craft and it sure did keep us busy.

Needed: a paper plate per child, yarn cut to correct length, hole punch, scissors and glue gun

instructions:

Depending on ages, you may have to prep a bit as I did. I cut the middle out of the plates, punched the holes and precut the yarn. The girls ran the yarn through the holes and I tied them off for them which takes them plenty of time and certainly works that hand/eye coordination - bonus! I am big on recycling and was excited to use the cutout circle portion as the racket handle. I used hot glue to hold the circle while i folded it into a handle and hot glue again to attach it to the rest of the plate. I did cut slits in the top of the handle and added hot glue before placing the head of the racket in. The kids can use these with balloons for some play time!

𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦: 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨'𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘚𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵 - 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 ⭐⭐

✨ This one was not a pleasure read as I had to read it for a Literature Teaching class. Also this was rather expensive for a 40 page long book. And while I understand why it might cost so much it always hurts my heart a little when I cannot thrift books that I have to read for classes and have to pay full price for them.

✨ This is a children’s picture book and while I enjoyed it and can see it’s value as an adult and think that we should teach children about it is not something I would have picked up at a bookstore to read to my baby niece.