Teaching Fiction and Nonfiction To Young Children
As a preschool and kindergarten teacher, I taught a nonfiction unit in my classrooms to explore what we were reading and learning, and what we… The...
As a preschool and kindergarten teacher, I taught a nonfiction unit in my classrooms to explore what we were reading and learning, and what we… The...
by Patricia Tanumihardja Write what you know—I’m sure you’ve heard this phrase before. What exactly does it mean? To put it simply, you take something from...
I love having our outside Christmas lights automatically turn ON at sunset and OFF at sunrise! In this 10.5 minute video, I share how I’ve set...
Happy 2023! It’s starting out quiet and that’s giving me lots of time to write (mostly terrible) drafts of children’s books. I’m working on picture… The...
by Karen Henry Clark No one is more surprised than I am to be a second-time guest for this month of inspiration. I appeared in 2014...
by Rebecca Gardyn Levington When people ask what I do for a fun, I tend to be brutally honest: “I have playdates with words!” Sure, I...
by Hillary Homzie Hello, Storystormers. Can you believe we’re almost at the halfway mark? By now, you’ve accumulated dozens of ideas, possibilities, and nuggets of inspiration....
by Diana Murray My 13-year-old daughter must be an imposter. That’s the only explanation for her neatness and love of cleaning. How could she possibly be...
Woo-hoo! The fab #JewishBoardBooks group is here to brainstorm some small but mighty ideas on Day 12 of Tara Lazar’s Storystorm Challenge! PIPPA’S PASSOVER PLATE by...
Reading Games Reading begins with letter sounds. If a child is not fluent in letter sounds, even letter recognition isn’t much help in learning to… The...