The last blog entry restarted our sharing of favorite books for children — this time in the read-aloud sphere for both teachers and parents. We began with 4-5-6 and 7-8 and here we continue with books that I’ve found children in three older age categories love having read to them and love talking about with [...]
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No matter what grade level you teach, be assured your students adore being read to. Middle school teachers report eighth graders loving to have early childhood picture books such as Ferdinand or Frederick read aloud to them. These teachers also report children at this age listening in rapt attention to the riveting moral dilemmas in age-appropriate [...]
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It’s the winter solstice, and in New England we’ve experienced dramatic and devastating ice storms. Many families have been without power for over a week, and some schools have been closed for just as long. Now it’s Hanukkah and Christmas time, and over a foot of fresh powder snow has fallen to blanket the [...]
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As our developmental book swap continues, I keep getting diverted by great books about appealing themes–first poetry, then music, and now the holidays. But I can’t help recommending two books for Hanukkah, two for Christmas, and one for Kwanzaa before turning back to favorite books for five- and six-year-olds–after a break for a grown-up book [...]
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While we’re sharing favorite books for our children and students at different ages, I couldn’t resist passing along two irresistible volumes of verse I found at a book fair held by one of our schools yesterday. Both should be in every library, and each has a special place in the developmental journey of childhood.
The Bill [...]
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Two categories of books that seem to closely match the developmental interests and needs of children at this age: the adventuresome and the reassuring.
Let’s Have an Adventure!
Most all fours of both genders love the mischief of Margret and H.A. Rey’s Curious George and, of course, the many zany characters, kooky words, and unexpected happenings in the worlds [...]
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This week our whole school is reading Horton Hears A Who ( as I’m sure many of you are too) in honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday month and “Read-Across-America” and the release of the new animated feature film by the same name, which our small school will attend en masse on Friday – phew!
Our discussions [...]
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