Celebrating Grandparents, Curiosity, Creativity, and You! Win a Book!

National Grandparents Day was this month, but if you ask me, I think we should celebrate grandparents every day! That’s why this adorable read-aloud, My Bibi Always Remembers, caught my eye. In it, a little elephant wants to be just like the grandmother elephant whose memory helps protect the herd. Submit a comment to the blog by 11:59 pm EDT Sunday, September 28, 2014, to tell me which of the items below are your favorites. One lucky teacher will win this book! (Update: Congratulations to Kristin, who is the winner of this book!)

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We all know how curious kids are. Celebrate that curiosity by planning a Curiosity Day event featuring Curious George! Click here to download a free event kit. You’ll get games and activities, event-themed nametags and images, coloring sheets, decorating ideas, and more. Then keep the curiosity going throughout the year with free classroom resources. Click here!

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Don’t forget; submit a comment for your chance to win My Bibi Always Remembers!

Karen

16 thoughts on “Celebrating Grandparents, Curiosity, Creativity, and You! Win a Book!

  1. Well if I absolutely have to pick it would be Curious George but I really love all the resources. Love playmobile. As a Grandparent and teacher you are right Grandparents should be celebrated daily.

  2. A large part of my curriculum includes family involvement. Reading stories is a great way of including the family, so having a book that includes grandparents would really support the children’s learning. I would love to add, My BiBi Always Remembers to our library! Thank you for the opportunity!

  3. Will definitely pass along the Playmobil info to our pre-k class, but I really am psyched to have Curiosity Day at our school. Thanks for the ideas.

  4. I would have to say they are all great but I pick the Curious George resource lots of good stuff in it. I too think grandparents should be celebrated more.Children can learn a lot from Grandparents.

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