Control and Choice
Learner Engagement Part 2 (of 5) Last week I had the honor of speaking with dedicated and passionate educators at the Nebraska State Reading Association. In my first session, From Frustration to [...]
Creating Digital Badges With Google Drawings
I have been exploring the world of digital badges for quite some time now. It’s a great way to give students a sense of accomplishment and promote their learning. The most difficult for me [...]
A Little Erasing: A Guest Post by Illustrator Floyd Cooper
“Giving kids a positive alternative to counteract the negative impact of what is conveyed in today’s media is a huge opportunity.”¹ This is what Floyd Cooper has to say about creating children’s [...]
Dreamers, Fighters, & “Daring”-doers: Women Who Made a Difference
“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Pulitzer Prize winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich wrote this sentence in a 1976 article, and the more I read about the history of [...]
Singing in the Stacks: A Makerspace with STYLE
Today kicked off our week long STYLE: Songwriting Through Youth Literacy Education residency-in-the-library by Nate Bogopolsky and Tiffany Wilson. Nate and Tiffany performed a song they wrote for [...]
Keep Your Series Current: February 2018
Update your popular series with these books that will be published in February. Enjoy! PRIMARY SERIES & SEQUELS The Cardinals Caper (Ballpark Mysteries, Book 14) by David A. Kelly. [...]
Great Nonfiction Titles for January 2018
Take a look at these exciting nonfiction titles published in January. Enjoy and learn! PRIMARY NONFICTION Alabama Spitfire : The Story of Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird by Bethany [...]
Great Realistic Easy/Fiction Titles for January 2018
Check out these exciting easy and fiction titles published in January. Everything here is realistic, including historical fiction, mysteries, and adventure. Happy reading! ELEMENTARY PICTURE [...]
