Need some Thanksgiving activities? These websites may be able to help! Enjoy! Happy Thanksgiving!

www.timeanddate.com

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/history/first-thanksgiving/

https://www.plimoth.org/sites/default/files/media/olc/intro.html

I recently went to a Fundations training, and I came across this great resource for parents. Check it out!

Helping Your Child Learn To Read: A Parent Guide PreK-Grade 3

www.nichd.nih.gov

Looking to make Halloween educational? Check out the history of Trick-or-Treating from the History Channel. It's kind of interesting...Enjoy! 

http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-trick-or-treating

from plusquotes.com via google images

Happy September!! 

I hope your first full week back is going well. Are you back into the routines yet? Is it like you never left for the summer? 

I wanted to pass along this article that my sister sent me. I think it is so interesting and can foster some pretty good discussions in your classrooms. What I really like about it is that you can incorporate any subject into it: Math (graphing how your students come to school), Social Studies (learn about the countries and cultures), Geography, Science (altitude and oxygen, weather), Art, Music, and of course reading and writing within these subjects. 

Have fun!

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/09/how-kids-around-the-world-get-to-school.html

May you enjoy every moment during these last few days of summer. May you be excited once again to start a new school year. May you find the balance between work and life. May you take a moment for something simple like a hug or to be silly with your children. May you remember to just breathe when things aren't so calm. May 2016-2017 be the best year yet!

Happy Summer!! 

I've been thinking about a good theme for this season. As my daughter will start PreK in the fall, it occurred to me that friendship is a good one for children and students of all ages. Here are a few of our favorite books about friendship and being kind to each other. They are for the younger ones, but can definitely be enjoyed by all ages, including adults.

Here's to kindness and friendship. Cheers!

Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

Little Blue Truck Leads the Way by Alice Schertle

The Pout Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen

Penguin on Vacation by Salina Yoon

A Light in the Darkness by Aaron Zevy

Fluffy: Scourge of the Sea by Teresa Bateman

Clever Trevor by Sarah Albee

                     

I hope you are enjoying the long weekend! Just a reminder to sign up for the ILA conference. It will be here in Boston this July. You can check it out at: http://www.literacyworldwide.org/conference

Don't forget about the IDA conference, either. It will be in October in Orlando. Here is the link: http://eida.org/conference/

They should be fantastic!