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6 Ways to Celebrate National Puzzle Day with Kids

Build skills with puzzles! Learn how puzzles help children & fun ideas beyond the jigsaw puzzle.

Favorite New Chapter Books, January and February 2020

Ready for a batch of new January and February 2020 chapter books? I have recommendations for you in realistic, paranormal, fantasy, historical fiction, and science fiction. In other words, there’s something for everybody. (Let me also add that I honestly can’t pick one or two favorites from this list because they are all really […]

Help Classrooms Buy More Diverse Books with DonorsChoose

Disclosure: I’m partnering with DonorsChoose to bring you this information. Will you help support DonorsChoose classrooms who need funds to build culturally relevant and diverse libraries? This is such a wonderful cause for your end-of-the-year giving. Help DonorsChoose Classrooms If you click through to the Imagination Soup DonorsChoose page, you’ll see just how many classrooms […]

Meaningful Ways to Improve Creativity in the Classroom with Adobe Creative Suite

Disclosure: I partnered with Adobe to create this material. As such, this should be considered sponsored content. Improve creativity in your K – 12 classroom using Adobe Creative Suite. No matter what subject you teach, there are specific, foundational principles that can help teachers create a learning environment filled with more creative opportunities using the […]

The Best Children’s Nonfiction Books of 2019

Nonfiction books teach kids how to read for information but well-written books like these best nonfiction books of 2019 for kids, do more than that. They inform, entertain, surprise, deepen curiosity, and inspire. See for yourself from books about math and animals to biographies and memoirs. And don’t miss last year’s list! The Best Children’s […]

Improve Vocabulary with the Merriam-Webster Puku App for Kids

Disclosure: I’m partnering with Merriam-Webster to share this information with you. All opinions are my own. For years, my kids and I have used the Merriam-Webster app to look up new words. But recently, Merriam-Webster launched Puku, a new vocabulary app specifically for children ages 8 to 12. It’s a gamified way to learn and […]

9 Trending Middle Grade Novels for Ages 9 – 12

Happy November, book-loving friends! Today I’m sharing with you some amazing new middle-grade books for your 9 – 12-year-old readers. You’ll notice I’ve starred my favorites that are contenders for my best of 2019 list. But all these books are incredible so even the books I didn’t star are totally worth reading. Trending Middle […]

19 New Nonfiction Books Kids Will Love (Ages 7 – 13)

Wait until you see this collection of new nonfiction books for middle-grade readers, ages 7 to 13. You’ll find a wide variety of topics, too from a compelling book about ostriches to a well-written graphic novel about RBG to a super cool showcase of great classical composers. As you know, it’s vitally important that kids […]