As a teacher, I loved working with Laura Numeroff's books. The kids loved listening to her books and the antics of the different animals. My second year teaching I got a stuffed animal of her Mouse from the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie books. Now that I have my own kids I was … [Read more...]
The science behind jello
Everyone loves jello, I mean most of us who grew up in America in the 80s or 90s can sing part of the ad, and may be thinking J-E-L-L-O in a somewhat deep voice. But do you know the science behind jello? I had bits and pieces of ideas for this month's Poppins Book Nook, … [Read more...]
Journey to Mars
My son Batman is obsessed with space, he's the entire reason we are studying astronomy this year. For the past several years he's been checking out a book called,Touchdown Mars!(affiliate link), and so it was natural we'd use that for our book for Poppins Book Nook this … [Read more...]
Using picture books to teach writing
Several years ago I mentioned using picture books to teach writing, but I wanted to show you a specific lesson so you can better understand the why’s and how’s of using picture books this way. And since the theme for Poppin’s Book Nook this month is Wild, Wild West I decided to … [Read more...]
When I grow up writing assignment
I have to admit I struggled for this month's Poppins Book Nook idea. When I grow up is a hard one because my kids' ideas are all unlikely. Their current plan is to open a breakfast restaurant together because they are good at cooking breakfast. Princess will make toast. … [Read more...]