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Tag Archives: Read Aloud West Virginia
My First Book Review
I am excited to share with you my book review of Raymie Nightingale my Kate DiCamillo for Read Aloud West Virginia. Their mission is to promote literacy and motivate children to WANT to read. This publication is distributed to over 4,000 people.
How Reading-Aloud Made Me the Teacher and Person I Am Today.
My very first day of teaching preschool in Massachusetts, thirty-two years ago, was both career and life altering. Lindy, my co-teacher, asked me to read the picture books to children each day after our Morning Meeting. Sure (gulp)! I was … Continue reading
Writing to an Author
I write and I read. When I read something that knocks my socks off, I write to the author. This doesn’t happen often. Perhaps that’s because it takes quite a lot to knock my socks off. Yet when I do … Continue reading
Giving the Gift of Reading and Friendship
Never underestimate children. The same goes for those who know what it takes to make a difference with children. This week both statements came into clear focus when I drove from Massachusetts to West Virginia with a car full of … Continue reading
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Tagged chapter reading, children's books, Cynthia Rylant, Groton Community School, Knuffle Bunny, language development, literacy, Mo Willems, NAEYC, parent tips on reading to children, Read Aloud West Virginia, reading books to children, Sharing literacy, teaching young children, The Relatives Came, trains, Week of the Young Child, young children
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Sharing Literacy and Changing Learning
After thirty years of teaching, if someone pinned me down and asked, “Okay, Jennie, what is the most important thing you teach, and what makes the biggest difference?”, I would know the answer, hands-down. Really. It is literacy and reading … Continue reading
