This week, schools across the country will be celebrating the birthday of perhaps the most loved children’s author of all times—Dr. Seuss! If you’re searching for a few last minute ideas for your Seuss celebration, here are two links that are sure to be helpful! This link takes you to the treasure trove of Dr. Seuss…
Are you a bookworm? I categorize myself as a casual bookworm. I’m not going to pass up an opportunity for an exciting (or a tasty) adventure to stay home and read a book. However, when I am engrossed in a book, I do find it difficult to stop reading. Heck, one time I was so…
Groundhog Day tickles my funny bone. The whole idea of an oversize rodent predicting weather cracks me up. Maybe this is why I can’t let Groundhog Day slide by without a mini celebration! I recently read Groundhog’s Runaway Shadow by David Biedrzycki. The book, which is quite funny, is also a great tale of friendship…
So I was cruising around on our website recently when I came upon these consonant letter bracelets. I love them! What a fun prop to add to the study of each letter in an early childhood class. So what can you do with them? Well, I have a few ideas! Have each child wear a…
Sure you need a mitten craftivity! As I was making my sample, I realized this craftivity can be adapted a zillion different ways. Don’t you just love it when that happens? Each mitten shape features rhyming practice. If your students are already down with rhyming skills, no worries. There are plenty of other options. After…
I am a nerd, and I have several nerdy friends. Even being in close contact with these individuals, I have a difficult time defining what a nerd is. I can, however, give you fine examples of nerdy behavior. A nerd… May inform you with undisguised glee that the Rebel fighter pilots in the new Star…
Can you smell the gingerbread? Well, maybe not, but I know you can see the gingerbread goodies in the photo. And these gingerbread goodies could be on the way to you if you’re the lucky winner of this month’s First Friday Giveaway. So let’s get right to it. To enter for a chance to win…
At some point during Thanksgiving Day morning, you’ll find me sacked out in my favorite chair taking in the sights and sounds of the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. One day, I’m hoping to watch the parade from a New York City rooftop and be nose to nose with those totally awesome and humongous caricature…
Tomorrow, September 1, is National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day! It’s a day set aside to celebrate words in the English language that don’t rhyme with any other words. (Who comes up with these things?) I’m bringing it up to you because this might be a super fun day to celebrate in the classroom. Consider…
Ice cream! Yogurt! Milk! Cheese! Yum! I love me some dairy. I also love me some dairy cows. They are just so darn cute! I have kissed a cow on the nose, but that’s just me. Luella, a very curious little girl from the picture book Kiss the Cow! by Phyllis Root simply refuses to…