Communicating Clearly During COVID
Educators
Face coverings, masks specifically, have certainly proven to be a challenge through the COVID pandemic. How many times do you finish a sentence to realize you...
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Thanksgiving Books to Read with Your Kids
Educators
Thanksgiving in America is generally thought of as a time for reflection and gratitude, a time to gather with family and friends. Across the United States the...
Lesson Plan & Classroom Activities: My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood by Tameka...
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Weekly Read Aloud at Home: My Cold Plum Lemon Pie Bluesy Mood by Tameka Fryer Brown
Families During this pandemic, many of us are finding ourselves at home more often. Technology has helped to connect us with friends and family, allowed us to work from...
Peter’s Chair by Ezra Jack Keatz: Lesson Plan and Activity Ideas
Educators
A language-rich environment requires intentionality and planning. One very important way we can do this is to make our classrooms into a “No Shhh Zone’’....
Mother Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins: Lesson Plan and Activity Ideas
Educators
One of the best ways we can prepare children to understand what they are reading once they are in third grade and beyond is to build their language acquisition...
Owl Babies by Martin Waddell: Lesson Plan and Activity Ideas
Educators
In order for children to comprehend what they read when they are older, they need to understand and use wide variety of “interesting” words while they’re...
Parts by Tedd Arnold: Lesson Plan and Activity Ideas
Educators
Make the most of story time with the children you teach. Create an engaging and literacy-building lesson plan for your Pre-K students around one of our favorite...
Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the Classroom
Educators
“The most American thing about America is American Indians.” —Paul Chaat Smith (Comanche) ...
Julián Is a Mermaid: Lesson Plan and Activity Ideas
Educators
Make the most of story time with the children you teach. Create an engaging and literacy-building lesson plan for your Pre-K students around one of our favorite...
Using Pet-Themed Stories to Connect With Your Child
Families
Lizards, turtles, bullfrogs, ferrets, rats, gerbils, guinea pigs, fish, cats, dogs, newts, salamanders, rabbits, and snakes…OH MY! These are some of the pets...
Tips For Teaching Alphabet Knowledge
Families
A great way to begin teaching letters to children is to focus on the ones in their first name, because their name is important to them! This is a great way to...