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  • Choosing the best books for your students just got easier with my book lists! Let me save you time by helping you find the best books to share on a wide variety of topics. Click to find an alphabetized list of all of my blog posts with book lists.
    Book Lists
  • Goals help set a purpose and a direction for where you are headed. While you are building your classroom community, why not take the time to make some common goals that EVERY student in your classroom can work towards? Here’s a little glimpse into how I do this in my classroom.
    Setting Classroom Goals
  • If you're tired of digging into your own pockets to find ways to motivate your students, you need to check out these FREE reward coupons. You can even use the editable option to add your own coupons.
    Classroom Reward Coupons That Won't Break the Bank
  • Using classroom money can be highly motivating to students and help students practice important math skills. If you're ready to use money in the classroom this year, take a look at this set of editable classroom cash. You can personalize the text to fit your classroom needs.
    Using Classroom Money
  • Reading aloud to children of all ages is so important. Some teachers and families don’t make time for read aloud because of busy schedules, lack of books, or because their kids can already read independently. If that sounds familiar, here are some read aloud tips to make this time work in the classroom or at home.
    Read Aloud Tips
  • Are you struggling to get your reluctant readers excited about the books available to them? Are your students losing interest in reading in favor of daydreaming about warmer weather? Here are some of my favorite ways to get my students excited about books throughout the school year!
    Get Your Students Excited about Books
  • Choosing the right book for your reading group can be overwhelming – especially when it can be a determining factor in the engagement and success of your group. Here are 10 things I take into consideration when choosing books for reading groups.
    Choosing Books for Reading Groups
  • Have you thought about using novels with small groups, but aren’t sure where to start? It is definitely possible to do so in the primary grades! Here’s how I got started using chapter books with my second graders during my small group time.
    Using Novels with Small Groups in the Primary Grades
  • When it’s time to teach my students to summarize, I love to use the Somebody Wanted But So Then (SWBST) strategy. Today I want to share a few tools you can use when teaching this reading strategy.
    Teaching Students to Summarize Using the Somebody Wanted But So Then Strategy
  • Having stuffed animals in the classroom can provide emotional comfort and academic support. Here are five ways you can use stuffed animals in the classroom.
    Ways to Use Stuffed Animals in the Classroom

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Children’s Books That Have Been Turned Into Movies

Fire safety is a critical topic that all children should learn about, but finding ways to teach it can be challenging. Fortunately, books can help! From colorful picture books to engaging chapter books, these titles are sure to help your child understand the importance of fire safety and how to stay safe in the event of a fire.

Fire Safety Books for Kids

Are you headed to the beach this summer? Get your kids excited by sharing some great books. Here are some of my favorite beach books for kids.

Beach Books for Kids

Place value is an important concept that helps kids understand numbers and how they work. Here are a variety of fun and interactive place value games and activities to help students learn and better understand place value.

Place Value Games and Activities

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Children’s Books That Have Been Turned Into Movies

Children’s Books That Have Been Turned Into Movies

September 25, 2023

Looking for new ways to get your kids to read more books? Try sharing one that has been turned into a movie! Reading children’s books that have been turned into movies can entice your most reluctant readers. As a bonus, they provide ample opportunities to compare and contrast the two. Not only am I sharing some of my favorite books… Read More

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Fire Safety Books for Kids

Fire Safety Books for Kids

August 22, 2023

Fire safety is a critical topic that all children should learn about, but finding ways to teach it can be challenging. Fortunately, books can help! From colorful picture books to engaging chapter books, these titles are sure to help your child understand the importance of fire safety and how to stay safe in the event of a fire. You can… Read More

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Beach Books for Kids

Beach Books for Kids

June 15, 2023

Are you headed to the beach this summer? Get your kids excited by sharing some great books. Here are some of my favorite beach books for kids. You can click on any of the covers below to learn more about each book or find all of these Beach Books for Kids on my Amazon page. Beach Books for Kids Keeping students… Read More

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Place Value Games and Activities

Place Value Games and Activities

May 29, 2023

Place value is an important concept that helps kids understand numbers and how they work. Here are a variety of fun and interactive place value games and activities to help students learn and better understand place value. Place Value Games and Activities Why do we need to teach place value? It’s an important step for learning operations. It is necessary… Read More

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Children’s Books about Mindfulness

Children’s Books about Mindfulness

April 24, 2023

Mindfulness is paying attention to what is happening around us right now. It can help us feel calm and focused, and it can also help us make better choices. It’s important to practice mindfulness because it can help us be happier, kinder, and more aware of ourselves and others. Here are some of my favorite children’s books about mindfulness. You… Read More

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Easter Books for Kids

Easter Books for Kids

March 20, 2023

Looking to celebrate Easter in a special way? Try sharing a fun book or two! Here are some of my favorite Easter books for kids. You can click on any of the covers below to learn more about each of these Easter books or find all of these books on my Amazon page. EASTER BOOKS FOR KIDS Easter is just around… Read More

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This book is SLOTHSOME! 🦥 In fact, I’ve sha This book is SLOTHSOME! 🦥 

In fact, I’ve shared it before!

The Sloth Who Slowed Us Down follows Amy, who has the speediest family in town. They speed through work, chores, meals, and more. One day Amy brings a sloth home. That’s when things start to change slowly….
v e r y  s l o w l y!

Suddenly Amy has time to share what happened during the day and the family has time to talk to their neighbors. More importantly, they have time to just be together.❤️

Have you read this book yet? Swipe to take a peek inside.

Grab these free bookmarks from my blog (🔗 in my bio).

#theslothwhoslowedusdown
🍂🍁 FALL 🍁🍂 Summer has come to an end. 🍂🍁 FALL 🍁🍂

Summer has come to an end.
Not only is it time to put all of the bright summer things away, but it’s also time to swap out our seasonal books. Here are just a few of my favorites. I’d love to hear which  books you love to share this time of year!

How are you feeling about fall?
🍁 Ready for it!
☀️ Hanging on to summer a bit longer.

#fallbooks #fallbooksforkids #picturebooks
We just added this new book to our library and I t We just added this new book to our library and I think you’re going to love it, too!

Meet Mazie McGear, a girl who loves to engineer! Whenever she finds a problem, she turns on her imagination and then starts drawing and building. 

Hungry dog?
Mazie creates The Food-o-Matic! 

Heavy boxes need moving?
Here comes the Roly-Ramp!

Sleepy Sibling?
Try The Waker-Upper Rocket Machine!
(P.S. Mazie’s brother is NOT a fan 🤣)

And when the dog gets stuck on the roof, the whole family joins in on the invention action!

This book would be a great addition to your STEM/STEAM book collection. It is sure to inspire future engineers and problem solvers to find out-of-the box solutions to their everyday lives. The dynamic illustrations also include a fun, fold-out spread along with a quick guide to Mazie’s six simple machines. Swipe to take a peek inside!

Mazie’s Amazing Machines
✏️ @sherylhaft 
🎨 @jeremyholmesstudio 
📚 @penguinkids 

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“Even the smallest can help make the biggest cha “Even the smallest can help make the biggest change.”

In this story, the smallest turtles have always climbed on top of the biggest turtles to reach the freshest fruit. The big turtles would eat the fallen berries which were often sour and rotten. It’s just the way it’s always been. But Littlest Turtle doesn’t think that’s fair, so he makes a plan to change the way things are done. But can he get the rest of the turtles to agree?

This new picture book shares an important message about using your voice to speak up for what is fair and right. Swipe to take a peek inside!

Have you read this one yet?
Where were the picture book biographies when I was Where were the picture book biographies when I was growing up? Sharing the stories of others through picture books offers kids a glimpse into the accomplishments and lives of others in an engaging and meaningful way. It allows kids to see the potential of big dreams, hard work, and overcoming obstacles, while also helping them broaden their knowledge of the world around them. And when kids connect with the person whose story is being told, they are bound to find even more books about them to learn more. 

Here are three new picture book biographies to check out. Thank you to the publishers for these #gifted copies!  Swipe to take a peek inside each book.

💚 Queen of Leaves: The Story of Botanist Ynes Mexia
📚 @theinnovationpress 

🧡 A Curious Mind and a Very Big Heart: The Story of Designer and Innovator Sara Little Turnbull 
📚 @simonkids 

💜 Friend of Numbers: The Life of Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan
📚 @eerdmansyoungreaders 

Have you read about these fascinating people yet? 
What are some of your favorite picture book biographies?

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Just because my kids are back in school doesn’t Just because my kids are back in school doesn’t mean our trips to the library have stopped. Here’s what came home on our latest visit. Let me know which titles catch your eye!
“The perfect reader (let’s say that’s you) d “The perfect reader (let’s say that’s you) drinks in the words and together you make a special kind of magic.”

When kids connect with books - whether it’s the characters, the genre, the plot twists, or something else entirely - it feels like a whole new magical world has opened. And all of that magic is on display in this beautifully written and illustrated book that follows one book’s journey through the hands of many different readers.

Have you read this one yet?

The Story of a Book
✏️ Joy McCullough @jmcwrites 
🎨 Devon Holzwarth @devonholzwarth 
📚 Atheneum Books @simonandschuster 

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