Inside: Use these Kindergarten Emergent Readers all about kindness in this Growing Bundle to help you teach sel curriculum to your students Our beginning readers turn to emergent readers to help students become more confident. But instead of reading random emergent readers, we can teach them to read and connect it to learning about character […]
Fun Learning Activites
How to Teach Kids to Celebrate our Differences
Inside: We need to go beyond teaching diversity and embracing multicultural studies…we need to celebrate our differences so we can truly begin to value each other. When my eldest was in 5th grade her small, but diverse Girl Scout troop wanted to have a meeting in December. The girls decided to share their December family […]
How to Encourage Reluctant Readers with a Book-Movie Club
Inside: Help your reluctant readers want to read more with this book-movie club trick that’s also a perfect summer reading challenge. I have three kids and they all grew up in a home surrounded by books. We have books in bedrooms, in our living room, and even in our bathroom. We borrow books from the […]
How to Teach Kids to Sew with ABC Letter Sewing Craft
Inside: Teach your kids to sew with this ABC letter sewing craft. My kids have been on a quest to learn how to sew. So we’ve been creating all sort of projects throughout the year. Once my son learned how to sew pumpkins, ghosts, hearts and dreidels, he wanted to make a “B” for his […]
How to Find the Best Books for a Reluctant Reader
Inside: Do you have a reluctant reader? Here are four tricks to get reluctant readers to want to read, and the best books for a reluctant reader to inspire them to want to read more. Last night, I had to go in and “threaten” to take away my daughter’s book and her lightbulb because she […]