I love using books as a springboard for encouraging kids to write their own stories. The Ready, Set, Go series is a favorite of mine. I bought levels 1-3 and these are kindergarten and early first grade reading level. These are very simple, four page books, with repetitive text. It’s a great model for kids who don’t know where to begin. They see these books and say, “Hey, I can do that!”
My chalkboard Thanksgiving table activity is up on LeapFrog Learning Path. This activity was especially fun to create, photograph, and write about. My daughter helped make the place cards for a dinner party earlier in the week and my son helped set up the camera and lighting for the photoshoot. Details on how to make
Last week I shared my post about an Idea Room that was at a school I visited for a training class. Today I’m sharing how to create an Idea Room in your own house, even when you don’t have the space for a dedicated Idea Room or Art Area in your home, and how it
It may be surprising to hear that I didn’t always love teaching writing to young children. After all, I write a literacy blog. You would think that I loved reading and writing as a kid and that my love for those subjects carried right into my adult life and into my teaching. Well… not so
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