We’re cooking in kindergarten right now. Here are two books that fit wonderfully into our themes. These books take words like compassion, empathy, and perseverance and explain them to the reader by using examples which include cookies. These books are pure genius. They explain the ideas behind character education in a beautiful way and
My daughter has several of the American Girl Doll craft books. We spent some time doing projects out of Ginger The Cat’s craft book over our snowy, unexpected, week off. I loved these cute little felt cupcakes! Luckily, we had felt, beads, and fabric glue on hand. My daughter and her friend read the directions,
It’s not too often that we wake up to a snowy scene like this, in the Pacific Northwest. When we do get snow, everything gets put on hold. The laundry piles up, the dishes go unwashed, the sewing projects are pushed aside, and new recipes get put on the back burner. It’s time to head
I love gingerbread stories during the Holidays. I have a good size collection of gingerbread books, which I read to my kindergarten students as well as my own kids. One of my favorite books, from The Learning Workshop, is called Gingerbread Village. There is also a CD you can purchase with the song on it.
Beautiful Oops is a fantastic book by Barney Saltzberg about how to turn a mistake into something wonderful. It’s the perfect book for a child whose glass always seems to be half empty. My 7 year old and I read this book tonight, before bed. She loved the books and loved the illustrations. It looks a