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 …
connecting
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …