high-interest reading: the skylanders book series My boy loves his Skylanders. So much so that if given the chance, his recipe for a life of pure happiness would be: Skylanders + soccer …Read morehigh-interest reading: the skylanders book series
3 ways to talk to your kids about books I remember a time, not so long ago, when Maddy, Owen, and Cora would talk to me for (what seemed to be) hours upon end about things. Just anything. …Read more3 ways to talk to your kids about books
best of teach mama countdown: #9 — building words, names This post, which rolls in at #9, continues to surprise me with the amount of hits it gets. Maybe it’s the title: word building, name building …Read morebest of teach mama countdown: #9 — building words, names
learning during read-alouds: making back-to-school connections Today I sent the big O-man off to Kindergarten and Maddy off to second grade, and I absolutely cannot believe it. If I think about it too much, I …Read morelearning during read-alouds: making back-to-school connections
learning during read-alouds: making connections and questioning (with siblings!) We have been putting in a lot of pool time lately, but we’ve also been spending a boatload of time indoors–staying cool in …Read morelearning during read-alouds: making connections and questioning (with siblings!)
cars 2: what you should do before you see the movie Ka-CHOW! Have plans to see Cars 2 anytime this summer? Want to know how you can throw in a little bit of learning–and I mean a little …Read morecars 2: what you should do before you see the movie
learning during read-alouds: making connections My kiddos are huge fans of popping pop beads, stringing beads, connecting nuts and bolts, and just sticking things together. Not only are these great …Read morelearning during read-alouds: making connections
making connections with nonfiction texts (and our new turtle friend) Between the insane weather we’ve been experiencing over here (tornadoes! wind gusts! rain, rain, and more rain–and then the next …Read moremaking connections with nonfiction texts (and our new turtle friend)
international literacy day: cora cooks pancit September 8th is International Literacy Day (hooray!), and although we’ve been busy re-arranging our house (believe it) and …Read moreinternational literacy day: cora cooks pancit
telling stories with norman rockwell paintings I have always been intrigued by Norman Rockwell’s artwork. When I was young, his Girl at Mirror (1954) spoke to me so personally about the …Read moretelling stories with norman rockwell paintings
making connections– with poems we love Lately, we’ve been so busy. May flew by, like it always does for us–a blur of end-of-school activities, yard work, picnics, …Read moremaking connections– with poems we love