Eight teachers were trained to teach a specially designed inquiry based teachingsequence. During the sequence, the children built a real-world device (well and pulley) of which the narration can be considered a literary model. They were then brought to compare the predictions of the model with ...
Story sequencing is one of the earliest skills you can teach your child, since they don’t need to be able to read on their own to understand it. Anytime you read together, you can helpemphasize the sequence of events with some simple questions and discussion. Tip:When choosing books for...
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I’ve read many picture books about the Japanese American internment (my mother was one such person forced to relocate during WWII) but Nagai’s novel in verse is the first to really make me feel and understand the racism that my mother, who was born in San Francisco’s Japantown, faced...
Frank J. Sileo, PhD., is a New Jersey licensed psychologist and the founder and executive director of The Center for Psychological Enhancement in Ridgewood, NJ. He is the author of 11 award-winning children’s books that include: Bentley the bee,Bee Still: An Invitation to Meditation,Be Hea...
Jan Fearnleyis the award-winning author-illustrator of many books, includingMilo Armadillo, and the illustrator ofNever Too Little to Love. She lives in the French countryside with her husband, two donkeys, five rescued goats, two Limousin hens, five cats — and any other stray that appears ...
I’m definitely looking forward to sharing most (if not all) of these books with my little readers. As always, I tried to target books that will likely have: stunning illustrations, read aloud appeal, a kid-friendly theme – or all three! Enjoy! Note: ** Since other countries...
Frank J. Sileo, PhD., is a New Jersey licensed psychologist and the founder and executive director of The Center for Psychological Enhancement in Ridgewood, NJ. He is the author of 11 award-winning children’s books that include: Bentley the bee,Bee Still: An Invitation to Meditation,Be Hea...
Linda: Is there any special place, or time of day, etc., that helps you develop new ideas for books? How do you keep your creative juices flowing? Laura: I find that getting out and exploring, either on my own, or with my family, is a great generator of new ideas. I can’t te...
teaching children to read that we feel is important for elementary school teachers to study; taken as a whole, the book may be used as a complete initial course of study for preparing classroom teachers to teach reading. The chapters are presented in a sequence that we have followed ...