Do you use big books in your classroom? These books are great because they are larger than your typical picture book which means your students can see the pages better. I love using these for read alouds and shared reading. Today I'm sharing my favorite big books for the classrom. Comment below with your favorite one! It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw has a mystery shape that shifts from page to page help capture children’s attention. There is word repetition in this … [Read more...]
The Best Rhyming Books
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. See my disclosure policy for details. I love to teach rhyming to kids! There are so many fun ways to teach rhyming, but one of my favorite ways is through picture books. Books are an excellent tool for teaching! I'm excited to share my favorite rhyming books with you today! If you have any favorites, I'd love to hear them in the comments. Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney- If you've read this one to a child, you know … [Read more...]
Picture Books for Black History Month
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. One way children can learn during Black History Month is through picture books. Picture books are a wonderful tool for teaching! I'm excited to share 20 amazing read-aloud books for students. I am reading them to my kids right now and they are so great! We are striving to read one book per day in the month of February. There are so many wonderful books for Black History Month, but here are our favorites. I'd love to hear what your … [Read more...]
Multicultural Books for Early Childhood Classrooms
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. Read this for more information. If you are a teacher, you have an important role in the fight against racism. Take a look at your curriculum, toys, and books in your classroom. Are they inclusive? What are they teaching? Or what are they omitting? Sometimes it's not what's inside of a book, but what's missing altogether. Today I'm sharing with you my suggestions for multicultural books for early childhood classrooms. With the recent … [Read more...]
Chapter Books for Preschoolers
Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. See my disclosure for details. Are you looking for chapter books to read aloud to preschoolers? Read-aloud time is my favorite part of the school day and by reading with my children, I've been able to find books that we love and adore. I'm always looking for suggestions for books to read to my kids during our homeschool day. I either preview a book by reading it ahead of time or I get book recommendations from friends. Today I'm … [Read more...]
Best Winter Books for Kids
Winter is a wonderful time to snuggle together and read books! I know we spend more time inside during the winter and I also notice we spend more time reading! I've compiled a list of my favorite winter books for kids and I hope you'll read them, too! The Story of Snow by Mark Cassino and Jon Nelson This book has so many fascinating facts! It's a nonfiction book that has great diagrams for helping kids understand the science behind snowflakes. The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack … [Read more...]
Christmas Book Countdown
This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for more details. I love the Christmas season! While there are so many things to do this time of year, we still make it a reading a priority. Today I'm sharing with you a FUN way to countdown to Christmas with books! To set this up, I gather our Christmas books and check out books from the library. Then I wrap them up with paper from the Dollar Store. I place them in no particular order by the tree for the kids to see. My … [Read more...]
Fall Picture Books for Preschoolers
I love fall! It's a beautiful season with changing trees, crisp cool air, beautiful pumpkins and gourds, and so much more. My favorite thing is all the color that fall brings. We live in a place where the trees are just gorgeous this time of year. It is my absolute favorite time of the year! A wonderful way to teach children about fall is through picture books. These picture books teach so many science concepts through stories or fun facts. I think it's great for children all over the world … [Read more...]
10 Halloween Children’s Books
My boys and I visit the library once a week. They absolutely LOVE spending time there. We spend lots of time reading at home and I love that they enjoy reading books. Since Halloween is coming up at the end of this week, I thought I would share some of our favorite Halloween books! This post contains affiliate links. Do Not Build a Frankenstein! by Neil Numberman I love this book and so do my kids...we've read it at least twenty times since getting it from the library last … [Read more...]
