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Pumpkin Jack
Pumpkin Jack, by Will Hubbell, is one of my newest purchases for our classroom library. I really love this book. It’s beautifully illustrated, ties in so well to the kids’ schema for pumpkins, and gives a great example of the life cycle of the pumpkin. We used this story to help us create Mental Images
LeapFrog Epic
I feel like it’s taken me a while to really get to know this new LeapFrog Epic, but I am really feeling like this thing really is EPIC! The LeapFrog Epic is the newest tablet that they have come out with. It has a very durable case and looks totally different than any of their
Otis Books by Loren Long
We’ve been loving the Otis books, by Loren Long, in my kindergarten classroom lately. I bought the first book to do a few lessons with, and the kids fell in love with the characters. When I spotted the Otis 4-pack at the Scholastic site, I had to snatch them up. It’s hard to decide which
Otis – A New Favorite Book
Oh, how I love this wonderful story! It’s not a book I would have looked twice at if it happened to be on display at a bookstore. The illustrations look dark, so I probably would have passed it by. I purchased a literacy unit from Deanna Jump on Teachers Pay Teachers and one of the
Collecting Sunflower Seeds
Have you read the Sunflower House? In my opinion, it’s a classic. Well, we read the book yesterday in Kindergarten and the kids were thrilled with the treasures I brought in for them to explore. Last week I asked parents in my class if they would be willing to donate a few sunflowers. They came