My daughter’s first grade teacher asked them to write about something they were looking forward to this summer. Here’s her response. I am going to my uncle’s farm. It will be fun. I just about melted when I read that. I think it’s the sweetest thing ever. My kids love going over to the farm. It’s
Summer is almost here! It seems that we get out of school much later than the rest of the country. My school district isn’t out until Monday! I always joke that one of these years, I’m going to have to write some 4th of July curriculum, because we’ll probably be in school on that day!
I attended a blogging conference last weekend. Although the conference was not about literacy, the theme of this blog, it really got me thinking. There are many reasons I started this blog and it all comes down to my beliefs about the way children learn. I looked back to see what my first post was
Yesterday I shared this post with my kindergarten families, on my Hilltop Kindergarten blog. This is a book you need to run out and buy right now! It’s simply perfect, so I had to share this post on my Literacy Blog too. Here it is: Is it possible to be in love with a book?
Up, Down, and Around is a super cute book by Katherine Ayres. It has bright, beautiful illustrations and minimal text. It’s the perfect book for young readers! The kids in my classroom saw me take this book off of the garden shelf. They immediately knew that the book was about gardens. We spent quite a