Encourage life long learning through literacy
My kids, Bugzy and Buddy had fun using the globe today to learn about animals found in the woodland areas, the Arctic, and Antarctica. A quick mini-lesson using our Orboot globe helped the kids compare and contrast the habitats of these different animals and set up the perfect winter animal sensory activity that followed. Winter …
I recently introduced sight words to my children using the book Silly Sally by Audrey Wood. Her sweet, funny story uses repetition in such a smooth, humorous way that kids can’t help but giggle and read along with you. We started working on sight words with our Silly Sally Sensory Table Activity. That activity has …
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We love the book Silly Sally by Audrey Wood! The repetition and rhyme bring giggles to all the children I have read this book to over the years, especially my toddler and preschooler. I developed a unit of study for this book to help children learn sight words. Here is one easy sensory activity using …
Keeping learning fun and engaging has always been my goal as an educator for eight years and now stay-at-home-mom. I love teaching, so to see success with my daughter learning the alphabet and sight words has been such a joy lately. I have started creating hands-on learning activities to reinforce phonemic awareness for her, allowing …
Children love hands-on activities, and since we have been reading underwater books lately, I created a variety of ocean themed math activities to have fun while learning with my kids. Read Aloud Books for Under Water Themed Math Activities Underwater Counting Even Numbers by Jerry Pallotta & David BiedrzyckiOcean Counting Odd Numbers by Jerry Lappotta & Shennen …
Creating hands-on learning for my children has become more fun with adding water play to the activity. We read multiple counting books related to the ocean, so we decided after reading 10 Little Rubber Ducks by Eric Carle that this was the day to create our own ocean water play to practice counting. BOOK DESCRIPTION …
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We have read the most incredible ocean books lately. I didn't realize we had so many that focused on counting, so I pulled some of my favorite activities we played with to create this post. The book we read today was Over in the Ocean in a Coral Reef by Marianne Berkes and illustrated by Jeanette Canyon. …
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We love the book Island Counting 1 2 3 by Fracé Lessac! This book, at first, looks simple and can easily be read through quickly. But with further inspection, you see the detail that was added to layer the counting opportunities for young readers on every page of this board book. For example, the page …
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We love Dalia's Wondrous Hair by Laura Lacámara! This book was a delight to read aloud to my children this week. My daughter especially loved this book. https://videopress.com/v/A7OFqSTn?autoPlay=true&posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Flivelearnliteracy.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F05%2FDalias-Wondrous-Hair.jpg&preloadContent=metadata How would you summarize the book Dalia's Wondrous Hair? A little girl named Dalia is creating something magical in her hair. Her mother is supportive of this …
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As a teacher, I loved the two weeks every year during winter when I read Jan Brett's books to my class and watched them marvel at the illustrations and stories. Books like The Mitten and The Gingerbread Baby were always favorite Jan Brett books in my classroom. Now that I am home with my kids, I love reading her …
