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Book List: Astronaut Books for Shared Reading with Children

Book List: Astronaut Books for Shared Reading with Children Growing-up to be an actual astronaut is a daunting and competitive career path considering how many astronauts there really are in the world. So why is it that so many children have dreams of working or living in space? Perhaps it is the adventure that challenges […]

May 30, 2018By scintilla.admin Shared Reading #BookExtentions, #Booklists, #ChapterBooks, #elementary, #fiction, #InteractiveReading, #Nonfiction, #PictureBooks, #preschool, #SharedReadingLeave a Comment

Booklist: Books with Poems & Rhymes for Shared Reading with Children

Booklist: Books with Poems & Rhymes for Shared Reading with Children Use poetry and song lyrics to introduce your child to the interesting sounds in language. Explore poetry pieces and nursery rhymes with alliteration, rhyming couplets, and onomatopoeia. For older children who enjoy structure, patterns, and math try sonnets with iambic pentameter and haikus. […]

May 15, 2018By scintilla.admin Poetry, Shared Reading #BookExtentions, #Booklists, #elementary, #InteractiveReading, #PictureBooks, #poems, #poetry, #preschool, #rhymes, #SharedReadingLeave a Comment

Booklist: Books about Books for Shared Reading with Children

Books about Books for Shared Reading with Children Books were an everyday part of my boys’ life from the time that they were very little. Instead of wanting to sleep with a plush toy, they all opted to sleep with their current favorite book at night. And of course, they all tried the flashlight […]

April 9, 2018By scintilla.admin Shared Reading #BookExtentions, #booklist, #books, #ChapterBooks, #elementary, #InteractiveReading, #NationalLibraryWeek, #Nonfiction, #PictureBooks, #preschool, #SharedReading, #YoungAdultLeave a Comment

Booklist: Books about Libraries for Shared Reading with Children

Booklist: Books about Libraries for Shared Reading with Children Our boys grew up loving libraries. On son #2’s 10th birthday, by his choice, we did the two things he loved most in the world – eat at the local Chinese restaurant and then visit the library. He had a special seat by the window […]

April 9, 2018By scintilla.admin Shared Reading #BookExtentions, #Booklists, #ChapterBooks, #elementary, #fiction, #InteractiveReading, #libraries, #library, #NationalLibraryWeek, #Nonfiction, #PictureBooks, #preschool, #SharedReadingLeave a Comment

Booklist: If You Like Peter Rabbit… Bunny Books for Shared Reading with Children

If You Like Peter Rabbit… Booklist: Bunny Books for Shared Reading with Children When I first heard of the 2018 live action movie of Peter Rabbit, I must admit to being worried, because I adore Beatrix Potter’s detailed and delightful watercolor illustrations. Peter Rabbit, himself is also an irrepressible trickster with that balance of naughty and […]

April 5, 2018By scintilla.admin Shared Reading #BookExtentions, #booklist, #Booklists, #BunnyBooks, #ChapterBooks, #elementary, #fiction, #InteractiveReading, #Nonfiction, #PictureBooks, #preschool, #SharedReadingLeave a Comment

Booklist: Worms on the Sidewalk, Books for Shared Reading

Booklist: Worms on the Sidewalk, Books for Shared Reading Ground Hog Day’s Punxsutawney Phil may get the notoriety for heralding the onset of spring, but to me the surest sign of spring is worms on the sidewalk. My mother is a gardener, so I grew up respecting worms and using gardening gloves to move them […]

April 2, 2018By scintilla.admin Shared Reading #BookExtentions, #Booklists, #ChapterBooks, #children, #elementary, #fiction, #InteractiveReading, #Nonfiction, #PictureBooks, #preschool, #SharedReading, #wormsLeave a Comment

Booklist: LOL Books to Laugh Out Loud with Your Children

Booklist: LOL Books to Laugh Out Loud with Your Children The day before I went to see the grandgirls, I was in the bookstore and saw a picture book with a funny cover that was on sale. Of course, I just had to buy it! It was one of the best things I have ever […]

April 1, 2018By scintilla.admin Shared Reading #BoardBooks, #BookExtentions, #Booklists, #ChapterBooks, #children, #elementary, #fiction, #infants, #InteractiveReading, #LOL, #PictureBooks, #ReadAlouds, #SharedReadingLeave a Comment