With all the school closures, many of you are putting on your teaching hat for the first time so I want to provide you with as many resources, today specifically activity books, sticker books, workbooks, and activity kits to help keep your kids learning and growing. Save these for times when you need your kids […]
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32 New Picture Books, February and March 2020
You guys, my pile of picture books to share with you this month is HUGE. In fact, there are so many good books that I’m making A TABLE OF CONTENTS to organize this list of reviews. Crazy, right? (And hopefully a bit helpful.) Enjoy these new picture books! Table of Contents: Variety of Topics Family […]
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The term voice in writing refers to the narrator’s or author’s personality coming through, some call this the author’s style. This list of children’s picture and chapter books provide mentor text examples for you as you teach students all about writing with voice. In a first-person narrative, voice means the writing sounds like you — […]
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If you’re looking for mentor text picture books to use in the classroom with students, here is a list of wonderful choices to teach and model context clues and inference. But first, what is an inference? Inference is when you use your background knowledge and clues from the text and illustrations to make an assumption […]
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Help kids learn and practice addition and subtraction using picture books that they’ll love to read! These fun stories aren’t just great for teaching addition and subtraction, but also help kids practice these essential math skills. Picture Books About Addition & Subtraction One Big Pair of Underwear by Laura Gehl & Tom Lichtenheld HAHA — this […]
Continue ReadingThe Best Villains in Children’s Books
Note: originally written in 2012 by educator, mom, and “education diva,” Ruth Spivak with updates and revisions in 2020 by Melissa Taylor. Mwahahaaaa! An awesome villain can really make a great children’s book. Oh sure, it’s great to have a hero who models virtue and courage, but it’s the villains who are often the most interesting and […]
Continue ReadingBe the Change! Books to Inspire Activist Kids
An activist is a person who works to bring about political or social change. Use these children’s books about activism to teach your children and students about activists who sparked change in their communities and the world. You’ll read biographies and stories about changemakers and movement starters, females and males, young and old, who stood […]
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It’s almost spring! Are you excited to start a garden with your kids? Or at least teach your kids about gardening? Then, these gardening books for kids will be helpful tools as you share your love of nature with your children. Garden Toys If your kids don’t have their own play garden toys, I highly […]
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