Hello everyone! Just sending a quick email to let you know about the Teachers Pay Teachers Back to School site-wide bonus sale that has just begun! I have scheduled my store to remain on sale (20% off) through Thursday August 22nd. I have friends who just today received calls to book interviews for tomorrow and the rest of this week. They will be scrambling to pull everything together with just over a week until the first day of … [Read more...]
5 Kindergarten teacher tips for a safe & positive 1st day of school!
5 Kindergarten teacher tips for a safe and positive 1st day of school! Is it possible for kindergarten teachers to have a safe and positive first day of school? I believe the answer is yes. I returned to kindergarten last September and will be teaching it again this year. In reflecting back to many first days of school with the little people in the past twenty-something years, and taking the Kindergarten AQ course, here are five … [Read more...]
Children’s books for savoring summer!
Children's books for savoring summer! Are you ready to start savoring summer with the kids in your life? Here are some of my favorite fun, sun and sand themed children's stories to flood the senses with sights, sounds, smells and warmth of summer! And then comes summer Looking for a story that delights in the nostalgia of summers spent outside? It's about celebrating the end of the school year, the freedom of wide-open days to … [Read more...]
Thank you, teachers of all titles. Time to fill your own buckets – here’s how.
This Thank you post is dedicated to all of you who teach, regardless of your title. 'Teachers' work with other educators, so please, for the purpose of this quick post, consider anyone who educates others (i.e. principal, E.C.E., E.A., parent, grandparent, tutor, professor, etc. a teacher. I believe that Teacher appreciation week belongs to all who educate. It is the final countdown, and we are tired. I will keep this short and sweet! Why … [Read more...]
Seasonal Playlists for your classroom listening center!
Do you have a listening center in your classroom? I started my career with a collection of books and cassettes, but upgrading it all to CDs seemed a daunting task. Below are links to fun (and free) kids' seasonal literacy playlists to keep your listening center relevant and engaging all year long! Click through to find stories read aloud, songs, poems and videos. Do you have any suggestions to add to these … [Read more...]
Just-right Halloween Stories for Kindergarten
Happy Halloween season! With the big day coming up, I wanted to share some of my favorite just-right Halloween stories for kindergarten with you. Why these four Halloween stories for kindergarten? Halloween themed, yet not scary (well, one is a little bit...) perceived age of characters appeal to young children special 'it' factor Specifically... Rattlebone Rock by Sylvia Andrews, illustrated by Jennifer Plecas Halloween … [Read more...]
The Back to School sale goes on!
Hello my friends. It's 11:55 pm E.S.T. and officially the TpT #StartFreshBTS sale ends in 5 minutes. Except that I have decided to keep my own sale going another day and that I will be starting fresh tomorrow. I had grand plans. I have been bundling and organizing and reorganizing trying to prepare for this sale, and have run out of time. I posted two 2-packs just over an hour ago. I should have posted this days ago. I'll explain more in a … [Read more...]
Happy Father’s Day, and an inspiring story about a father reading aloud daily for nearly a decade!
Happy Father's Day! Recently I stumbled upon a story about a father reading aloud to his daughter that I found so inspiring. Fellow teachers and parents, have you heard of Alice Ozma's, The Reading Promise: My Father and the Books We Shared? (Barnes and Noble, 2011) It began as a 100 consecutive nights promise from a father to read aloud to his nine year old daughter. As Alice's memoir explains, it was so positive for both of them, their … [Read more...]
Happy Mother’s Day!
Today we celebrate you, mothers! Enjoy this special day that honors the most important job in the world. I am so grateful to be celebrating my 20th year as a mom, today, myself. I've written about the the poem below previously, and it is public domain. You may download this image as a jpg by clicking on it and saving it to your computer! To download a PDF, please click here. … [Read more...]
Teaching beginning readers to prioritize meaning: the why and the how of Prompt #1
When I was teaching Reading Recovery, one of the great lessons I learned as an educator, parent and co-existing human being in a world of social beings, is that we can not assume that others think the same way we do about anything, reading included. WHAT I LEARNED FROM PARENTS OBSERVING READING RECOVERY LESSONS: As teachers, meaning can feel like the 'given' part of reading. Part of the Reading Recovery program included inviting parents to … [Read more...]
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