Over the past few years, there has been a trend toward interactive books for kids. These are books that encourage children to touch, pull, shake, and twist the books throughout the text. Some of View Post
Building Phonemic Awareness: Airplane Flying Sounds
Look up. It's an airplane. Today we are building phonemic awareness with paper airplanes. I think I hear some cheers out there. Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear and orally produce View Post
Creating Baby’s First Library
I remember buying books for my baby's first library before my son was born almost five years ago. I had worked with kids ages 3 and up for many years, but now I got to think about books for View Post
6 Ways to Build Literacy Skills With Sticker Books for Kids
What is it about stickers? As a child I had a whole stash of scratch and sniff stickers. Oh, I can still imagine the smell of buttered popcorn, grape and root beer! As a teacher, I had a pretty large View Post
Books for Preschoolers that Help Teach Basic Concepts
Preschoolers and young children learn basic concepts through a variety of hands-on experiences. At the same time, I love to use preschool books to add another layer of learning. Developing basic View Post
Superhero Summer Reading Fun: Super Duck
Today is part 3 of 6 in our summer long superhero summer reading adventure series! Weekly, I share activities based on a super read-aloud title. This is the perfect project if you are looking for View Post
Fun Reading Activities: Shark Sight Words
We have been enjoying a wonderful series of phonics readers in our house as my son begins his learning to read adventure. And, as we do with most learning in our house, we surround it with View Post