10 Picture Books Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in The Classroom
written by Gabriella Aldeman From September 15 to October 15 classrooms around the nation will be celebrating and honoring the culture and traditions of Hispanic… The...
Enchanted Christmas Chapel Memories
I love listening to Christmas music year round. AI image created by Wes Fryer with Ideogram This is my favorite instrumental Christmas music playlist on Spotify:...
Favorite Digital Utilities
What are the websites, web services, and software applications you use regularly and can’t imagine doing without? I call these my “favorite digital utilities,” and today...
Favorite Digital Utilities
What are the websites, web services, and software applications you use regularly and can’t imagine doing without? I call these my “favorite digital utilities,” and today...
12 Exciting Spy Books for Kids
Who doesn’t love thrilling adventures with spies? Check out these spy books for kids — there’s a good chance you’ll find LOTS of great book ideas...
21 Beautiful New Picture Books, August 2024
August is a time of transition as kids head back to school and we anticipate the fall season. This August’s new picture books feel like… The...
Remembering Emergency Remote Learning (April 2020)
Were you teaching during the COVID-19 lock downs in April and May 2020? My wife and I were. This week a colleague asked me to find...
Dehumunization is Wrong
Dehumanizing other human beings: Denying the essential humanity of other people, is ethically wrong and immoral at a basic level. It is also dangerous, because people...
Middle Grade Author Interview with James Ponti
To celebrate James Ponti’s newest middle grade book series, The Sherlock Society, I interviewed him about the book, writing, reading, and more! The post Middle Grade...
Remembering TxTIP in Floydada and Post, Texas (2004-05)
Once upon a time in the late 1990s, there was a teacher in Lubbock, Texas, who had a dream. He dreamed that all the students in...
