Happy International Dot Day!! Welcome back to WOS 2022-2023!! We are another year older and ready to learn, ready to read, and ready to be creative and have courage to be yourself!! As we learn about what an AUTHOR is and what an ILLUSTRATOR is, we will learn a bit about Peter Reynolds who wrote… Read More Happy International Dot Day 2022!
The month of June is such a beautiful month – weather is getting nicer – so much fun to be had in the Great Outdoors!! This month is National Great Outdoors Month and one way of many to celebrate is to write poems about nature, about outdoor fun activities, about friends – you can write… Read More Happy National Outdoors Month!! Remembering Eric Carle who LOVED Nature too!
February 3rd is World Read Aloud Day – so much fun stuff involved (not to mention wearing your PJs)! All classes will be going to be “attending” their Virtual Author Visits – thanks to Kristy ❤️ 🙂 for arranging this great experience for the littles!! Here are some great resources to add to a fun day of… Read More Happy World Read Aloud Day!
Global Read Aloud is celebrated starting October 5th and the book chosen this year is Alma and How She Got Her Name by Juana Martinez-Neal! As the theme of the month of October is Communities are Inclusive – we know that everyone has a story! In this beautiful book, Alma finds out the true story… Read More Happy Global Read Aloud! What’s Your Name – Where Did It Come From?
Enjoy this beautiful Saturday inside or outside! Listen to this read aloud by Oge Mora, learn a little bit about the author and illustrator and how she got her ideas! Then spend some family time making puppets out of recycled materials! Maybe even get creative and create a puppet show! Thank you @LBookends for the great… Read More Happy Saturday!
This Author Study is all about E.B. White. E.B. White wrote Stuart Little and Charlotte’s Web and many other books. Throughout this week, we will read this children’s biography – A Boy, A Mouse, and a Spider – about E.B. White’s life, where E.B. White lived and more importantly, how he thought of the ideas… Read More A Boy, A Mouse, and a Spider: The Story of E.B. White
This author, Yuyi Morales, won an amazing honor – being a part of the highlighted author of Global Read Aloud. This beautiful book is one to be shared with all – we get to see through the window of the eyes of this mother who wants to learn a new language, while appreciating the gifts… Read More Global Read Aloud 2019 – Yuyi Morales