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Make it Monday: Words at Play Literacy Station

In which I create a literacy station to promote learning beginning sounds and consonants. A few months ago one of my storytime moms gave me a box of supplies. Blocks, paper, little manipulatives, to name some of the supplies. These items came from her sister, a former second grade teacher who was now teaching an older grade and had no…

Today is Math Storytelling Day!

Math Storytelling Day is a great opportunity to get children excited about math through stories and games. Math stories can include logic, patterns, puzzles and numbers.

Affirmative August: In Which I Say “yes”

…the concept of the book stuck with me…say “yes” more things and, most importantly,  follow through with that “yes.”

National Handshake Day

The last Thursday in June is National Handshake Day and here are picture book ideas to observe and celebrate this day with children.

Picture Books to Celebrate World Giraffe Day

World Giraffe Day is an exciting annual event initiated by the Giraffe Conservation Foundation to celebrate the longest-necked animal on the longest day or night (depending on which hemisphere you live!) of the year – 21 June – every year!