Hope you are hungry for some Nachos! Ignacio “Nacho” Garcia is the man who invented a favorite snack, Nachos, about 80 years ago in the 1940s in Piedras, Negras, Northern Mexico! Let’s listen to Ignacio’s story! Then, we can… 🧀🌶🥑 Create our own Nacho Special 🎉💌🎊 Make an Invitation for the Nacho Festival 🏠💙 🌸… Read More ¿Tienes hambre? Are You Hungry… for Ignacio’s Nachos?
Let’s explore different parts of Mexico from foods, to languages, to traditions, to comparing ways of living in Mexico to America! This connects to our Pick a Reading Partner book: Me, Frida, and the Secret of the Peacock Ring by Angela Cervantes! We all get to work independently today – we have so many different… Read More Connecting to the Culture of Mexico and Having Fun with our Estaciónes
The month of March is known as National Reading Month – a month to motivate all of us to stop and just enjoy reading!! The first week in March is known as Read Across America!! The National Education Association created one special day for reading in 1997 – we have been lucky to celebrate World… Read More Read Across America – First Week of March!
Happy Rockland Read In Day!! If you are looking for some books to listen to, here are some fun libraries for you to check out – so many books that you can choose from! They are PERFECT for this time of year (and any other time that you want to listen too)!! 😊 🎊 💌… Read More Happy Rockland Read In Day!!
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!
This month we celebrate empowerment. What does it mean to empower yourself or others? Empowerment is when one takes control and becomes more confident because they work hard and believe in themselves. That means working to feel powerful by helping yourself, by believing in yourself, and showing others the right choices. Empowerment could also be… Read More In February, We Show How Communities are Empowering!
Carter Woodson was a young boy who would read the newspaper to his father, and this made him love history. In 1926, he wanted to celebrate Black History for a whole week and he arranged it to be near the birthdays ofAbraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas. Fast forward to 1976, we have been recognizing Black… Read More Celebrate Black History Month Like These Trailblazers
Have you ever won a medal – for a great job, a sport, a painting? If you could win a medal, what would you work for? Every year since 1937, a beautifully illustrated picture book wins a Caldecott Medal, all thanks to a man named Randolph Caldecott! Some favorites that we all love have been… Read More What book should win the Caldecott MEDAL 2021?