Special Days and Events for Classroom Celebrations — November
It’s November already and we’re starting the countdown to the end of the year, but there are many more things to celebrate before we welcome in the new year. The...
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Special Days and Events for Classroom Celebrations — August
It’s August already and we are starting to see a change in the seasons. Here in the Southern Hemisphere we are getting ready for Spring, while in the Northern Hemisphere,...
Join Whitney and Britney, the Chicken Divas for National Simultaneous Storytime 2020
In less than a week, we will be celebrating the 20th National Simulateous Storytime. Are you ready? National Simultaneous Storytime is an annual event held in Library and Information Week,...
Celebrating Man’s First Moon Walk
This year marks the 50th anniversary of man’s first moon walk. On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to place foot on the moon. Buzz Aldrin joined...
readilearn: Learning to be friends – unleash your friendship superpower
Sometimes we expect that all we have to do for children to make friends is to put them in close proximity to other children. We may see it happen at...
readilearn: Teaching children with ASD — ideas for the classroom- with guest author Kathy Hoopmann
Do you have children with Asperger Syndrome in your classroom and wonder how best to cater to their needs? Do you have friends with Asperger Syndrome, or maybe have it...
readilearn: NAIDOC Week Celebrations 2018—Because of Her, We Can
In Australia, NAIDOC Week is celebrated around the country each July. The acronym NAIDOC stands for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee. The theme of this year’s celebration, which...
readilearn: How to make STEM learning a part of every day
Making STEM learning a part of every day is easy if one is mindful of the opportunities that arise. In a previous guest post, Narinda Sandry explained STEMtastic: making it...
readilearn: The importance of reading aloud – a guest post by Jennie Fitzkee
Every day is a great day for reading aloud to children, but with the celebration of International Read to Me Day on March 19, now is a great time to...
Preserving the world’s oceans with Coral Sea Dreaming
Recently I had the great pleasure of attending the launch of Coral Sea Dreaming, the eleventh picture book by award-winning Australian author and illustrator Kim Michelle Toft. Like her other...