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Teaching in the Digital Age – Blog Party (Chapter 1)
I had been waiting to see what the book was going to be for the pre-K/K blog party this year and was excited to hear it was selected to be: Teaching in the Digital Age by Brian Puerling. I like to...
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5 Little Ducks, a Donkey and a Wolf – MeMe Tales Readathon Week #1
I was very excited to learn about the MeMe tales readathon and we downloaded the app and the first books a couple of weeks ago. However, as school had not finished yet we are a couple of weeks behind....
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Black All Around
Our next book in the 2012-2013 Kindergarten Ready Set Go Calendary was Black all Around written by Patricia Hubbell and illustrated by Don Tate. The girls have really enjoyed making their movies so I...
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Everything I Need to Know Before I’m Five
It is summer time and that means more frequent trip to our local public library. Last week I took Michael and Eileen to the launch of the summer program and told them they could both pick out a few...
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Camouflage – Snow Rabbit, Spring Rabbit
It was one of those really long, but good days. I want to just curl up and go to bed but I thought I should post about our book today. Our next book from the “Kindergarten Ready, Set Go!” calendar was...
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Little Book Adventure – Challenge #4: Inviting Pinkalicious to Dinner
We started challenge #4 by discussing the idea of characters. I realized it is a difficult idea to explain without using the word character. We talked about that a character is the who the book is...
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24 Books of Christmas – Day 1
Our 24 books of Christmas was such a hit last year that it has become a must-do for our family this year. This year I feel it is even more important because it make me stop and do something fun with...
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A Hypochondriac Christmas
The Book for Day 2 was Scaredy Squirrel prepares for Christmas by Melanie Watt. I was very excited to see that there is a Scaredy Squirrel christmas book so I had to pick it up. It is a bit advanced...
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Merry Christmas Splat (& Seymour)
Last night’s book was Merry Christmas Splat. In the story Splat writes his letter to Santa and then worries that he has not been good enough. We used this as an opportunity to write our letters to...
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Christmas Carols
Day 4 was all about Christmas carols. Last year we started a tradition where the kids gather around the piano and sing a Christmas carol while Daddy plays the piano, and Mommy tapes it as our...
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The Read-Aloud Handbook – Chapter 1: Why read aloud?
At a cottage in Muskoka this week, I enjoyed sitting in a screened porch looking out over the lake, as I read Chapter 1 last night. I enjoyed reading the introduction a few days ago so I had no...
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Lisa Moore’s “Caught”
Today I finished my one adult fiction book of 2013. It sounds a bit depressing but I only usually read one adult book for enjoyment once a year, and unless I make myself I don’t think that would...
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The Read-Aloud Handbook Chapter 2 – When to Begin (and End) Read-Aloud
I have a bit of a confession to make, I didn’t really ever read to my children until they could sit up with me (approx. 6 months). I have a really cute picture of my husband reading to Kaitlyn with 1...
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Chapter 3 – The Stages of Read-Aloud
The main thing that struck me (again) in chapter 3 is that I really wish I had read this book before I had kids. I think it may be on my list of baby shower gifts. In chapter 3 Trelease breaks down...
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Do’s and Don’ts of Read-Aloud
I am a few days behind so I am trying to catch up on my blog posts before we go to Boston tomorrow. Chapter 4 is a short chapter that is a list of Do’s and Don’ts for Reading Aloud. I thought I would...
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SSR – Reading Aloud’s Natural Partner
I know I am playing catch up but still wanted to post my thoughts on Chapter 5. I am not new to the idea of Sustained Silent Reading. Before I taught Kindergarten I was a Teacher-Librarian and for a...
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Superhero Sidekicks & a preteen Gender War
I missed the chat for the chat on Wednesday for the July Sharp-Schu Book Club as we had visitors over that evening. I have read both of the books so I am just going to blog about my thoughts. A great...
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Print Climate in the Home, School, and Library
At times it feels like Jim Trelease’s The Read-Aloud Handbook is repeating the same thing over and over again but I think that sometimes things need to be said many different ways, with many different...
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Digital Learning
I am in Vaughan (near Toronto) for a couple of days for the Dr. Jean summer camp. Today was awesome and I have so many new great ideas to take back to my class. She actually mentioned The Read-Aloud...
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TV & Audio – Chapter 8 Comments
TV is a very big part of may of our student’s lives as they are growing up. It is part of the environment my own kids live it. It is our responsibility as parents to monitor and regulate their...
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