3 Punctuation Games for Children and After School Linky Teaching about periods and exclamation marks are big right now in our first grade class as we learn how to write a good sentence. While many of my students understand these … Continue reading
FREE Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Card Game and The Virtual Book Club for Kids Blog Hop There are way too many wonderful Bill Martin Jr. books out there and it was so hard to choose just one book to focus … Continue reading
Room on the Broom Movie Review and Giveaway We have loved Julia Donaldson’s book, Room on the Broom, since the day we discovered it tucked away on a bookshelf in a cozy bookstore in Sydney, AU. The story is simple, … Continue reading
Hungry Harry ebook GIVEAWAY from Storypanda WINNERS ANNOUNCED! I love giving things away. It is so much fun to know that someone is surprised to win and that they will be enjoying something we enjoyed as well. A week or … Continue reading
Virtual Book Club for Kids 2013-14 I am really excited to be one of the hosts of the Virtual Book Club for Kids for 2013-14. I have shared my own ideas for the book club in the past, but never … Continue reading
Eric Carle Inspired Seahorses While learning about Eric Carle’s books this week, we read Mister Seahorse. In this story, Mrs. Seahorse announces that it is time to lay her eggs. Mister Seahorse offers, “May I help?” Soon Mrs. Seahorse lays … Continue reading
Eric Carle’s “Art-Art” While studying Eric Carle’s books, we were fortunate enough to be able to attend the Eric Carle Beyond the Books exhibit at our local art museum. Before going to the exhibit, we learned all about Eric Carle, … Continue reading
Popcorn Reading: A Reading Aloud Tool I first read about “popcorn reading” years ago. Popcorn reading is a way for a group to read aloud without the teacher calling on students to take a turn. Basically here is how it … Continue reading
Eric Carle Letters This was way too much fun. The day before Memorial Day and the last day of our study of Eric Carle, I had only 7 students. With such a low number of students, it is hard to … Continue reading
Popcorn Math Activities What seems like many moons ago, I wrote a guest for post the wonderful Aussie blog, Learn with Play at Home. The post was full of all kinds of ideas related to popcorn. Since then, I have … Continue reading
A Very Hungry Caterpillar Pinata With Cinco de Mayo fast approaching, we whipped up a pinata in anticipation of the big day. Well, maybe whipped up is not the best word since it is quite a process from start to … Continue reading
Activities for The Donut Chef I discovered a new book at the library the other day. I was actually looking for another book by author, Bob Staake (LOVE his books!), and came across, The Donut Chef, instead. The minute I … Continue reading
