I believe one of the most important things about being a teacher and a parent is helping your students have a life long love of reading/learning… As Hardwick says… The little boy in the picture above must love to read, to do while shopping in the store with his mom – gotta love a walking […]
Category: children’s literature
What Teachers Read the First Week of School
Over on the Teaching Heart Facebook Page we have been sharing favorite reads for the first week of school. Below you will see comments on various books that Teachers like to read the first weeks of school. Also, if you click here, you can see even more books as well as some ideas to go […]
B2S Party 2011 – Prize #4!
Happy Tuesday all! Hope you are having fun at the Teaching Heart Back to School party. I hope you thought the first three prizes were fun! Number four…. Here’s another giveaway for a book that tackles the subject of bullying – The Juice Box Bully. I thought this was a wonderful book that would be a […]
Pink Activities for Pinkalicious Fans!!!
If your child is A Pinkalicious Fan and has read a few of the books with Pinkalicious in them, then they will love to be creative with this Pinkalicious workbook of fun (Pinkadoodles). Over 100 pages of fun Pinkalicious activities. This isn’t your average workbook. It’s a pink book of creativity. The first activity asks […]
Have You Filled a Bucket Today?
A few years ago when my son was in Kindergarten, his teacher asked me to create some files to match the book Have You Filled a Bucket Today? . As a result I created three printables that I finally had a chance to upload to Teaching Heart to share with you all. You can print them […]
Silverlicious – Teaching Heart Review
We are big fans of Pinkalicious: The Perfectly Pink Collection! We love all the books in this series! Grab your Madame Alexander, 18″ Goldilicious Cloth Doll, Pinkalicious and Storyland Collection, this new book (Silverlicious), and your favorite little princess and settle in for another great read!!! Children make a text to text connection with Pinkalicious […]
The Mitten… WOW!
I found some awesome Mitten Resources on other blogs that I MUST share… I will need to update this Mitten Page and add these fun ideas… Here is a blackline from our CD. You could make a class book and title it, My Mitten Was So Big. Give each student a mitten shape page with the […]
It’s not Christmas Without the Polar Express!!!
I have loved the Polar Express since I first read it to my class when I was student teaching. It touched my heart and made the magic of Christmas shine a little brighter. Since that first Christmas season when I first took a ride through the pages of the Polar Express, I began reading it […]
Christian Christmas Children’s Book Review
Pretty soon we will pack up the Fall books and bring out all the winter and Christmas stories. Here’s a new one I just reviewed for the Amazon.com Vine program. I really enjoyed it and thought I would share it with you! 17 Christmases is a Christmas adventure for a family that goes on a holiday road […]
October… What are your kids reading this month???
Reposting! It is October! I love October… It is usually the perfect month! Not too cold yet in the Burgh and it is just usually pretty with the mums (my favorite flower) and the orange pumpkins against the blue sky. The cool air rocks… still haven’t put on my winter shoes yet or a coat. […]