The Story Behind The Story
written by Kelly J. Baptist There’s a classic scene in Disney’s The Lion King where Rafiki is trying to get grown-up Simba to see
written by Kelly J. Baptist There’s a classic scene in Disney’s The Lion King where Rafiki is trying to get grown-up Simba to see
Guest post by Heather Shumaker If you love the world of children’s books, you might delight in this brand-new children’s book podcast. It’s called BookSmitten.
If you’re wondering how to use a children’s book as a mentor text to teach writing, let’s dive into what a mentor text is and
It’s important to teach children sequential thinking. We can do this by reading procedural, how-to picture books as mentor texts for thinking and for writing.
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Sourcebooks. All opinions are my own. My new favorite wordplay picture book is No Reading Allowed: The Worst Read
Are you looking for reading and writing gifts for kids? Sometimes all it takes for kids (and me) to want to write or read are
Engage kids with storytelling games. Once kids start telling fictional narrative stories out loud, it will improve their written stories. When I teach kids how
Fluent readers need a big vocabulary. The more words a child knows, the better reader and writer they are. (Anderson and Freebody, 1981; Graves, 1986;
“You can’t be a good writer without being a devoted reader.” – J.K. Rowling “If you want to be a writer, you must do two
In my Imagination Soup Writers Homeschool Writing Curriculum, growing writers will be starting out writing personal narratives using children’s books as examples. Personal narratives
When we teach children how to write, it’s important that they are able to narrow a topic down to a small moment. These mentor text
When we teach children to use rich, wondrous words by filling them up with the sound of many wonderful words. We must read to them
What is a Mentor Text? Mentor texts are books that model for students what good writers do — the craft and skills involved in writing.
I love doing an indoor scavenger hunt with kids but guess what I love even more? Doing an indoor literacy oriented word scavenger hunt that
Teachers, you’re not used to teaching online but due to school closures from the Coronavirus, I want to share with you helpful teacher resources so
Find parent resources for online learning at home (homeschooling) due to Coronavirus school closures. This guide will help you transition to virtual school online as
Disclosure: I partnered with Adobe to create this material. As such, this should be considered sponsored content. Improve creativity in your K – 12 classroom
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
Are you looking for reading and writing gifts for kids? Sometimes all it takes for kids (and me) to want to write or read are
The best journals for kids are . . . the journals they write in! And like us, every child will have his or her own
Want to get your kids writing? Many kids want (and even need) ideas and inspiration for writing. These fantastic books and online story and character prompts will
