Colorful Resources & Ideas for Teachers with a Teaching Heart
Are you in the Christmas Spirit yet? It’s getting close! One of our favorite traditions as a family is pulling out all the Christmas books and reading them during Advent. This year we added a new book to the collection that I have to share with you. Luckily I have five copies of the book […]
The Star Dragon Book One WANTED Confident Kids to Save the World from Darkness, by David Machin is a thrilling and adventurous story where you become the main character in the adventure. Your mission is to save the planet and restore color back to your world. This book was sitting on my desk waiting for […]
My daughter is a big Mo Willems fan! I too have to say I am loving how this author writes books that my first grader loves to read on her own. Below you can see her latest library selection on top of the book I want to tell you about today. It happens to be […]
Chicken Boy, The Amazing Adventures of a Super Hero With Autism is a book that should be on the shelf of all Teachers and parents with an Autistic child. Having been a Special Education Teacher for three years who worked with kids on the Autism Spectrum, I can say that books that dealt with social situations […]
A snack to match the Kissing Hand story is seen below. For more ideas to use with the book, click here!!!
It’s just in time for back to school. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Books is the title. Below I will share a free dice game printable and story props to match the book. Click here to order the book from Amazon… Free shipping with PRIME! Click here to get the templates above!!! […]
A few years ago I ran a contest where teachers submitted Kevin Henkes lesson ideas and printables. Here is one that was submitted to use with the book Owen. Click here to see and purchase the book on Amazon. Renee Liles/Arkansas shares: “Owen is another one of our favorite Kevin Henkes books. We read the […]
Just added a FREE printables to the Kissing Hand Page here. Day and Night Activity! After you read the Kissing Hand it is a perfect time to discuss the term nocturnal. This sheet will help. It is a day and night sorting sheet! You can do this as a group activity or have your students work on it […]
I don’t have many addictions… But there are two I do have. First is coffee! Second is Children’s Literature. You should see the book shelves in our house. You would think we own a mini library. I started my collection in college and then collected a large amount my first few years teaching. Finally, my […]
Two things for you in this post. So stay a bit! 🙂 After the video is a free printable to create this Ziploc Baggie Caterpillar that is similar to the larger one for the apron found in this packet. First, I created a video showing me putting together a Caterpillar Apron. I put 24 together for […]
