I enjoy reading my kids books that promote good character traits. Last year I shared Have You Filled a Bucket Today? with my son’s teacher and it became a hit in his school. This year his school is focusing on, The 7 Habits of Happy Kids. After hearing about these books from my sons principal, […]
Category: children’s literature
Mary Wore Her Red Dress
This book always ends up being my favorite class book! Very easy and simple and so cute. The children draw a picture of themselves with black markers (I use permanent, but in the past used plain markers)Then they use watercolor paints to paint ONE item of clothing ONE color on their drawing. After it dries, […]
Have You Filled A Bucket Today Giveaway # 12
A must read book on my list is Have You Filled a Bucket Today. I think every teacher should have this book in their classroom and every parent should read this book to their kiddos. I blogged about it here. Through simple prose and vivid illustrations, this heartwarming book encourages positive behavior as children see […]
Birthday Zoo Signed By The Author # 11
Deborah Lee Rose must love parents and teachers. She donated her book Birthday Zoo. She even signed the paperback! Below are my thoughts on the book. I was excited to read this book when I got it in the mail. I have never read books by this author. After this read, I can’t wait to […]
SCHOLASTIC DVD Giveaway #8
On to our second giveaway of the day. This one is for anyone!!! Great giveaway (Over $25.00 value)… A set of three Scholastic DVD. Three of my favorites! I am a huge fan of the Scholastic Storybook DVD’s. I love that you can pick the story you want and watch it. The stories are read […]
Got the Jitters to Giveaway a Book!!! #6
There are so many great books to read for back to school either to your own children to get them excited about the first day or to your students to introduce them to school! I have a list of my favorites at http://www.teachingheart.net/backtoschoolreading.html . Here you can find ideas to match some of the given […]
Back To School Party – Day 1 Book Giveaway!!!!
As a teacher, I loved getting ready for Back To School. You know how some people say that teachers are so lucky because they get their summer’s off? That really is not true for most teachers. Summers are spent planning and preparing for the new year. Most teachers are in their classrooms way before the […]
Magic Tree House CDs From Wendy’s
One of my favorite happy meal/ kids meal toys is a CD or an audio book on CD. My son, loves, loves, loves the Magic Tree house series (mostly due to last summer when Wendy’ had the CD’s and he first heard one he wanted to get the books out at the library). After that […]
Week of Reads – DRUM ROLL… #7
Well, it has been seven days of great stories! Our last one to end the week is (drum roll)……… If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Print graphics of a cookie, glass of milk, mirror, scissors, broom, & paper and crayons. Write the following sentences on sentence strips. The mouse asked for a cookie.The mouse […]
WEEK of Reads – My Favorite BEAR! # 6
Who is your favorite storybook character? One of mine is Corduroy. So much, that when we created my daughters room murals, I knew Corduroy had to be in them. You see him above petting the Pokey Little Puppy. I love all the Corduroy books and so do my kids. If you haven’t seen the scholastic […]