K-3 Book Reviews, Puppets, Colouring, Clip Art
Inside: Book review of Yoga Bunny and 5 wonderful book-related activities How did I managed to miss Yoga Bunny when it first came out? I noticed it yesterday when I was subbing in a friend’s library and it jumped right out at me. All I could think was “Darn, I wish I’d used this book with my last Grade 1 … Read more
Inside: Book review of Climbing Rosa I was wandering through our local library a couple of days ago and found this lovely Hungarian folktale. It’s a new one for me, so I thought I’d share! Climbing Rosa by Shelley Fowles Lincoln Limited, 2006 Fiction, Folktale 4-8 Opening Lines Long ago in a far-off kingdom there stood an enormous tree. It … Read more
Inside: Book review of The Day That A Ran Away by B.C.R. Fegan Hello! I just received a complimentary copy of a brand-new alphabet book! I read it to my almost six-year-old grandson and he enjoyed it very much. His main comment was he thought it was very funny that the letters were all taking off, plus he was intrigued … Read more
Inside: Book review of Silly Doggy Hi Friends! I have a very sweet book to share with you today plus, as usual, some ideas to go along with it. Title: Silly Doggy! Author / Illustrator: Adam Stower Publisher: Orchard Books, 2011 Intended Audience: 3 – 8 years Opening Lines: One morning, Lily saw something wonderful in her garden. It was … Read more
Inside: A collection of Grade 1 back-to-school books. It’s back to school time again! Actually, here in B.C. we have another month to go, but I know in many parts of the States school has already started up again for the year or will be soon. Here are the books I read to my classes over the years to help … Read more
Inside: Helping your children explore their feelings with a wonderful book and follow-up activities. My daughter-in-law purchased a book I immediately fell in love with and just HAD to share! It’s called The Color Monster: A Pop-Up Book of Feelings by Anna Llenas. It’s important for children to learn to identify and express a wide range of feelings, while also … Read more
Inside: Book review of Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox and lots of book-related activities. My daughter-in-law purchased this beautiful book for our five-year-old grandson. I read it to him yesterday and was completely enchanted with it. I hope you love it as much as I do. Title: Sometimes I Feel Like a Fox Author-Illustrator: Danielle Daniel Publishing: Groundwood Books, … Read more
Inside: Swirl by Swirl book review and related activities. I had the most fabulous time yesterday teaching in my friend’s class of Grade 1/2 students. Yes! Even though I’m officially retired, I decided to go on our substitute teacher list. I NEVER thought I’d do that but I miss teaching so much I couldn’t NOT do it. Besides, there’s a … Read more
Hello! I just finished reading The Wild Robot Escapes, the sequel to The Wild Robot by Peter Brown. If you haven’t read these books you must must MUST get them as a read-aloud for your primary class OR for a fluent young reader. You can read my review of The Wild Robot here. I have some suggestions and links for … Read more