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Category Archives: Book Review
Reading Aloud on Christmas Eve
I wanted to read aloud to the children on Christmas Eve. I wanted to leave them with visions of sugar plums. Well, I wanted to give them the gift of a story. And that’s just what I did. Last March … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, children's books, Early Education, Giving, Inspiration, Kindness, picture books, reading aloud, reading aloud
Tagged Children's Christmas Books, Chris Van Allsburg, Gloria Houston, literacy, reading aloud, Reading aloud on Christmas Eve, The Polar Express, The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree, YouTube Channel
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November – “Ox-Cart Man”
As I drove home tonight and looked at the sky, I immediately knew it was an “Ox-Cart Man” sky, the one in November where he finally arrived back home. Do you know “Ox-Cart Man” by Donald Hall? It is one … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, children's books, Early Education, history, Particia MacLachlan, picture books, Poetry, reading aloud, reading aloud, Teaching young children
Tagged Book Review, children's books, Donald Hall, Early Education, November, Ox Cart Man, reading books to children, teaching young children
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StoryWalk – An Eric Carle Book
A StoryWalk is a book, told with a series of signs, planted outdoors along a walk, that take you through each page of a book. You follow along, walking from one ‘page’ of a story to the next. It is … Continue reading
Trees
This autumn has been gorgeous. The trees are brilliant in a variety of colors. They make me look up. They make me stop to really look. Summer was dry, so it is surprising that our autumn is especially colorful. I like to … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, books, children's books, Early Education, Einstein, Imagination, Mother Nature, Nature, picture books, Quotes, reading aloud, reading aloud
Tagged Gail Gibbons, Inspiration, Learning from nature, Nature, picture books, reading aloud, Seasons, The Seasons of Arnold's Apple Tree, Trees
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Reading Aloud “The Giving Tree”
My post yesterday about The Giving Tree was well received. Only one thing was missing – reading the story aloud. Thank you John Howell at Fiction Favorites for his comment: Darn. I settled in and thought you were going to read the … Continue reading
The Giving Tree
There is a tree on the playground that is old and big. Its branches dip down. Each one seems to have a mind of its own. The boughs sway and reach, and children look up. I wonder if the tree … Continue reading
My Summer of Books – Part 2
In Part 1 I talked about many of the picture books in this photo, which shows all the children’s books I read this summer. Part 2 continues with the picture books, and bridges to older children’s books. Pigs in the Mud in … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, books, children's books, Early Education, Expressing words and feelings, Inspiration, Particia MacLachlan, picture books, reading
Tagged children's books, Fireboat the Heroic Adventures of the John J Harvey, Love You When by Linda Kranz, Pigs in the Mud in the Middle of the Rud by Lynn Plourde, Prairie Days by Patricia MacLachlan, reading
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Reading Aloud to the Rescue
A child’s serious head injury required surgery and plenty of rest at home. Scary stuff. How to help Miles relax and take his mind away from his boo-boo? Reading aloud, of course. Miles loved ‘Jennie reading’ when he was in … Continue reading
My Summer of Books – Part 1
My summer has been filled with reading children’s books, from new picture books to books for older children, and classics. Every one has been satisfying and thrilling, yet in different ways. Some books are funny, some are filled with history, … Continue reading