This is Olivia Bouler. She is 11 years old and she lives in New York.

She has become famous for painting birds and selling the pictures to raise money to help the recovery after the Gulf oil spill.

After watching the news on the TV, about the tragedy, she was so moved that she decided to do something to help. She wrote a letter to the National Audubon Society, a charity that is dedicated to the conservation of ecosystems focussing on birds and wildlife, asking them if she could sell some of her bird paintings and donate the profits to them.

They were delighted and today her campaign has raised over $135,000. Congratulations Olivia!

Click here to see more of Olivia’s bird drawings.

The next Blog Workshop Session will be about photography and we will be working with phtographs to create different effects. It is going to be interesting and fun!

Also we will be holding The Blog Photo Competition for 9 to 12 year olds. To enter all you have to do is present a photograph that you have taken. It can be of people (with their permission, of course), animals, objects or places…you could enter a carnival photo! The only condition is that you create the photo yourself. Then send your photo to corunablog@gmail.com or bring it to the next session.

The photos will be displayed in your local library. If you need some inspiration, take a look at these websites.

http://www.chemamadoz.com

http://catchycolors.blogspot.com

Calling all young artists!

Create your own work of art with ArtPad.

Here you can paint using different colours and brush sizes, or splash paint around the canvas in an arty way! It’s great fun and then you can send your pictures to friends or to The Blog – corunablog@gmail.com

Here is one that I created… click on the image to see it in action.

Comics are very good for learning English because the pictures help us to understand the dialogue and they are fun to read. Now you don’t have to be a great artist to make a comic, as on the internet there are websites that allow you to create your own comics. Click on the links below to make yours.

Captain Underpants Comic Creator

Garfield Comic Creator

Los comics son muy buenos para aprender inglés porque las imagenes nos ayudan a comprender el diálogo y leerlos es divertido. Ahora no tienes que ser un gran artista para hacer un comic, ya que hay páginas web en internet que te permiten crear tus propios comics. Haz clic en estes enlaces para hacer el tuyo.

What is an SOS? It is an international signal for help that was first used in 1906 as Morse code ( … _ _ _ … ) Today these letters are still recognised around the world.

Check The Blog Video list to see a video that I made for all the Jonas Brothers fans, but everyone can learn a little English from. Click, listen and learn!

Que é un SOS? É unha señal internacional de socorro que usouse por primeira vez no 1906 como codigo Morse ( … _ _ _ … ) Hoxe estas letras son recoñecidas polo mundo.

No “Blog Video List” tedes un video que fíxen para os/as fans dos Jonas Brothers, pero todos poden aprender un pouco mais inglés con este video. Clica, escoita e aprender!

At the last workshop sessions of THE BLOG, at the Castrillón and Monte Alto Libraries, we explored the solar system. It was very interesting and fun! You can see what we did on the WORKSHOP page of THE BLOG.

THE WINNING ALIENS ARE “GROSSNAILS” by  ALBA LÓPEZ and “JENILILION” by DANIEL SEIJO

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Wordle is a programme that creates word clouds from text.The more times a word appears in the text, the bigger it will be. You can change the font, design and colours. Try it here, it’s great fun! 

Wordle es un programa que crea “nubes de palabras” de texto. Las palabras que aparecen más veces en el texto son más grandes. Puedes cambiar la fuente, el diseño y los colores. Pruebalo aquí ¡es divertido!

This is a beautiful short film about imagination. Watch it and open your imagination…