Teaching

You really need to click on these to see the looks on the kids faces. I was asking them to make expressions I then drew on characters in a story we created together. It was a great way to illustrate…

What makes a great visit? A librarian like Roseann Davidson at Roosevelt Elementary in Long Island. What did she do? She read all my books - even the out of print ones - to the kids for weeks. She conducted an…

One of our attendees was Doug Wechsler, a guy who is definitely following his bliss. He is an amazing nature photographer and also is credited with the shots below.

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How lucky are the kids at John Schumacher's school, to have a teacher that treats his work with such passion? VERY!

Close your eyes. Imagine you are sitting in front of a strawberry milkshake. Wrap your hand around the glass. How does it feel? Take a sip through the straw. How does it taste? Does it come through the straw or…

It's that time of year! The time where preschoolers everywhere are heading to their local elementary schools for orientation day. Why not watch this and give them that extra boost of confidence? Don't forget to use my tips, here.   [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTE4snzX-e0&feature=youtu.be']

I LOVE this! This middle school has set up this program to get kids to take pix of themselves reading in different places, and then a pin goes on a map to show the expanse of locations. It's a fabulous…

I get the PBS Teacherline newsletter because they use Who Hops? for one of their courses. In the latest issue I just found free webinar archives that seem to me to be a teacher's treasure trove! Just click here to see to…

I remember sitting criss-cross applesauce on the carpet at Seely Place elementary school library. I remember looking up at Mrs. Lee, being fascinated by the Dewey Decimal System. I thought she was brilliant to know all that stuff. An aside: when my…