Project Pet Rock (Craft and Procedural Writing Activity)
Help your kids adopt the easiest pet ever — a ROCK! (I know. Why didn’t you think of this before?) Once your child adopts a rock, he can dress
Help your kids adopt the easiest pet ever — a ROCK! (I know. Why didn’t you think of this before?) Once your child adopts a rock, he can dress
Read aloud picture books to exemplify how writers use smilies and metaphors to convey meaning. Use these mentor texts to teach similes and metaphors in
Reuse your old magazines and create found poetry from the words and phrases you discover on their pages. Found poetry takes kids on a treasure hunt for
Our word collection started when JJ’s teacher read aloud Donavan’s Word Jar to her class. JJ wanted to start a word collection jar at home. Of course,
Use mentor text picture books to teach problem and solution text structure which improves reading and writing skills including making informed predictions. Show children what
We can model for our kids how good writers use all their five senses in their writing to show not tell. Use mentor texts in
A few months ago, I got to teach writing workshop in second grade. I taught them how to make an easy handmade book that they
I’ve been searching for writing contests for kids for my daughter and her friend. Many kids, like mine, want to write for an audience; they’d
Get kids loving and learning words with these 6 fun word play activities — guaranteed to entertain and delight! Once kids see the fun in words,
written by Terri of Creative Family Fun Need a fun, learning punctuation activity for your kids? Punctuation is a very important part of writing. And for
Do you love fun and silly family activities? My kids were cracking up last week as I reminisced about the footy pajamas I got every year for Christmas .
Itzi is a new fast-paced word game from the creators of Tenzi. (Which is a favorite game we LOVE!! My review of Tenzi is here.) You
This weekend, you can sneak in a little reading and rhyming with this free, printable Halloween Treasure Hunt. Help younger kids with the reading and
by Rebecca Brown of Scavenger Hunt Guru. October is upon us and fall is in the air. The evenings are getting cooler and we are
Teachers and parents, use picture books as mentor texts to teach perspective. Stories like these help you model for your students and children that our
When writers give human qualities to an object or animal, it’s called personification. It’s delightful to read and very fun to use in your own
Disclosure: This post has been sponsored by FIVE STAR® School Supplies. All thoughts and opinions are my own. While many students may prefer technology, the research
Onomatopoeia is FUN to read with kids. Because sounds. Encourage your kids to join you in making lots of sounds. These are great books to
Okay, I realize I’m cutting it close to Father’s Day but I have the BEST Father’s Day gift idea ever. And, it’s easy, cheap, and
Elementary teachers like me love teaching children to write poetry because it’s so accessible — poems are short! The payoff is more immediate than with
Have you wondered what to do with wordless picture books with your children or students? Believe it or not, there are many reading and writing
