I'm not a huge fan of reading logs where you have to track pages read, title, author, etc. It's boring. But, I am a fan of seasonal challenges that introduce students to new books and encourage View Post

Jodie is a mom of two boys and early childhood and elementary educator. She loves to read and help caregivers nurture our youngest caregivers.
Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

I'm not a huge fan of reading logs where you have to track pages read, title, author, etc. It's boring. But, I am a fan of seasonal challenges that introduce students to new books and encourage View Post

The year is winding down but our monthly read-aloud lists are going strong. Let's continue celebrating and honoring different holidays of the year from the well-known holidays to the odd, funny, and View Post

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Enjoy these books celebrating and honoring different holidays of the year from the well-known holidays to the odd, funny, and wacky holidays. Try these read-alouds for October holidays. Read a book View Post

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Book activities are my jam! This time I'm sharing a book called See Marcus Grow and giving you some printable literacy activities to extend the book with young children. Jump Start for Reading View Post

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Let's continue our series of posts celebrating and honoring different holidays of the year from the well-known holidays to the odd, funny, and wacky holidays. Try these read-alouds for the holidays View Post

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I grew up on Casper the friendly ghost. I'm all for the friendly ghosts vs scary ghosts when it comes to picture books for kids. Actually, I've got a thing for Halloween books in general so this View Post

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Engaging books are critical for circle time success. And, what is more engaging than singing? Try these sing a long books for circle time for your next whole group read-aloud story time. Circle View Post