How to Improve Your Read-Alouds with Young Children
It’s hard to disagree with the evidence that reading aloud to young children yields great benefits throughout life. And that’s just the factors that are easily tested – language skills, reading...
View ArticleThe Best Books are Ageless
About seven years ago, as a first grade teacher, I attended a workshop featuring Dr. Jean Feldman. There were many things she shared that influenced me as a teacher, but there was one thing she said...
View ArticleToo Many Toys
Spencer has too many toys! He gets them from his parents, his friends, his Auntie Mim and Uncle Fred, Grandma Bobo, Poppy and Grandiddy. He gets them at school, at the dentist, at...
View ArticleAuthor Study: Robert Munsch
Robert Munsch grew up in Pennsylvania, in a big family with nine kids. Well, to be more accurate, Munsch specifies that he lived in Pennsylvania when he was young, and that he never really did grow up...
View ArticleTurn to an Old Custom for a New Tradition on Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day has never really been my favorite. I’m no Valentine’s Grinch, I’ve just always been stumped by the traditional gift choices. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy chocolate, but there’s only...
View ArticleTeaching Kids Problem Solving with a Great Book!
I’ve got a thing for well-illustrated books that really capture the endearing quirkiness of kids. That’s the first thing that made me love Ladybug Girl and Bumblebee Boy* by Jacky Davis and David...
View ArticleLifelong Readers {What’s on My Reading List}
It’s easy for me to rattle of a list of book recommendations to parents with young kids. For their kids, that is. Books for grown ups take me a bit longer to get through! To be quite honest, I...
View ArticleThe Power of Pictures: Simple Stories, Stronger Kids
I grew up hearing the stories. How Grandma and Grandpa started out in a new state with a dog, a truck, a baby, and $10 in their pockets. The mischief and mayhem my dad and his brothers created, often...
View ArticleThe Boy Who Spoke to The Earth — Dreamling Books
There is something about a good picture book that really gets me really excited. It makes me want to tell everyone about it immediately. (OK, honestly it makes me want to purchase it immediately,...
View ArticleGive Your Child the World: How You Can Read Your Way Around the Globe this...
I remember the day I headed out on my own. No classmates. No chaperones. No host family. I got on a bus and went into the city center. Alone. Looking back on it now with my anxious mother-eyes, I...
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