Top 25 Tips to Raise Readers
Want to raise readers? In your classroom? In your home? Kids or grandchildren? Turn your house or schoolroom into a nest of books. And engage in these Top 25 Tips!
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Giving books to children – when and how?
When is the best time to give a child a book? Christmas? Birthday? Reward? When they are feeling down? When they least expect it? Anytime is a good time to give a book. But in my opinion, the best time, … Continue reading →
Baskets and Boxes of Books by the Door
Boxes and baskets are filled with books at our house. Some boxes have books to give away to the local Little Free Library. Others contain books “to be read”. One huge basket sits by the front door. With a gold … Continue reading →
A “Fourth Man” on the Journey–Lessons from Ernest Shackleton and other Survival Tales
Schools are back in session, sort of. As I write this, I’m deep in the throes of online professional development to prepare for the remote fall classes in my elementary school and a new role in the school. To be … Continue reading →
Using Picture Books as Conversation Starters
As I prepared for the release of Different Like Me, I prayed God would use the book as a conversation starter. These precious moments are divinely led, but we can create space for conversations and teaching moments by making reading … Continue reading →
Integrate Learning to Improve Reading Skills
Remember learning skills to help you find the main idea in a piece of writing? I was never good at that. What I got as the main idea was totally different from the teacher’s or her manual’s idea. Not sure … Continue reading →