Booklist of diverse and multicultural picture books. Children need to not only learn about new cultures, places, and traditions but they also need to be able to "see" themselves in a book.
Are you exploring gardens or plant life in your homeschool? Today I'm sharing some great books about seeds and plants to help you learn.
This must have list of children's books about community and building community includes a printable list of books to take to the library.
Teach your child about diversity and inclusion with these multicultural children's books for toddlers, preschool, and elementary kids!
I’ve been gearing up to share some awesome book lists with you as part of my new book series! I LOVE using picture books in the classroom, and now that I’m home with Quinn… I love finding new titles to share with you! Everything I share with you on the blog I buy first. I […]
Children's books that teach about honesty and encouarge kids to build truthful relationships with others.
This list of books about music includes the ABCs, biographies, fictional stories and informational books that all focus on music.
You can teach anything with children's picture books: Science. History. Writing. Math. Cooking. And Art. Especially art. Because picture books are an artform. I'll be writing a Five Day Series this week about connecting children's literature to art. Monday through Thursday I will be sharing four art project ideas inspired by children's picture books. On Friday I have …
Use mentor text children's books to teach sensory description and model for our kids how good writers use all their five senses in their writing to show, not tell.
Whether you have a kindhearted kid, or you are hoping to influence your child's developing interpersonal skills, these picture books about kindness introduce your child to engaging characters and story lines demonstrating kindness in action.
Journey by Aaron Becker follows a girl into a magical city, who defeats an evil emperor to free a majestic bird. Promotes perseverance, and problem-solving.
Geometry is all around us in our everyday lives. Whether you are teaching children to identify 2-D and 3-D shapes, explore area and perimeter, or to identify symmetry, picture books can help! Here are some great children’s books about geometry.
Discover inclusive picture books about teamwork that illustrate the power of working together and the benefits of collaboration.
Presidential picture books bring history to life! Download our free library list and explore them all! You might learn something new!
Wonderful children's picture books about communities coming together to support and nurture each other and to solve problems in tough times.
Social-Emotional Learning is so important in kindergarten, first, and second grade and I find that teaching about these topics is easiest through a read aloud. In today’s post, I want to focus on friendship and what it means to be a good friend. These picture books are some of my favorites for teaching about friendship […]
When kids learn about famous artists in picture books and narrative nonfiction stories, it helps readers remember the famous artists in a deeper way. Why? Because stories help us remember information, giving the artists a place in our background knowledge attached to a story.
List of the best picture books to teach kids about responsibility, including lessons on being responsible, being accountable, thinking before you act.
Today I wanted to share some of my favorite books to support your lessons on respect. Having strong read-alouds makes it so much easier to introduce and reinforce social-emotional skills. […]
"No, David!" is the first in a series of children's picture books starring the author's delightfully naughty alter ego. Included with the article is a sample preschool lesson for an informal preschool or library story hour.
Over a dozen great books about resilience for kids in this book list from No Time For Flash Cards. Resilience for kids is vital, these books can help.
These inspiring picture books about respect teach the importance of respect and cultivate a culture of acceptance and kindness.
Children's books about perseverance and determination that encourage growth mindset, grit and working towards goals and meeting challenges.
Great picture books from some of our favorite authors about sharing, to teach little ones about this fundamental concept and why it is important.
Fun read-aloud books about shapes from board books to picture books including a printable booklist to take the library or stick in your lesson plans.
Explore music and instruments with these books about music for kids. You will find 15 great books about music for kids that they will thoroughly enjoy.
A great big list of 101 social skills picture books for kids. Help develop friendship, communication and many other important social skills.
Looking for some fabulous Christian picture books for your children? Be sure to check out the picture books on this list!
To say the least, I have A LOT of favorite picture books. {You can also see our Favorite Picture Books for Pre-K/K.} And once again, it was hard to narrow down our absolute favorite picture books for K-2nd grade. Many of these are texts that have such rich content, that I have used them over and ... Read More about Favorite Picture Books for K-2nd grade
Teaching our children about virtues is a daily event, through small acts to big talks. Use children's books about honesty and integrity!
Teaching STEM with these books about inventors will spark children's imagination, inspiring them to develop and improve their own creative ideas.
We want our children to be kind. Reading children's picture books about kindness is a wonderful way to share this important value.
Looking for books for children with anxiety? These 15 anxiety books for kids can help start a conversation about it and help make it less scary.
This giant list of art projects based on children's books will help your students connect art to literature and make some fantastic artwork in the process.
These books with help you talk to your kids about the importance of acceptance, empathy and kindness for others.
Children's books about fairness to generate conversations with kids about fairness, equality, and justice.
Books about Fractions There are so many wonderful books available today that address math concepts. Here are a handful of books about fractions! Fraction Fun by David Adler A simple and fun way to teach kids about fractions using everything day items like money and pizza. If You Were a Fraction by Trisha Speed Shaskan
The Proudest Blue activities explore identity through character analysis, making connections, point of view tasks, and read-aloud questions.
Teaching theme in fourth grade is not easy, but it is very rewarding to see the students' little light bulbs come on! In my experience, students need many
Learn about ordinary and extraordinary inventions and their amazing inventors.
Those Shoes activities support the understanding of 'wants' and 'needs' through character traits, inference, and making connections.
