Getting children to read can be a great challenge. If you can find books that incorporate activities or sports that your children are interested in, it can be much easier to keep them reading. Fishing is one of those activities that most children like. So, if you can find books about fishing, your children will ...
Lovely flowers, bright green grass and fluttering butterflies are all images of spring. Welcome spring with some wonderful spring picture books for children. These books feature topics like growing plants and the caterpillar to butterfly transformation. Check out some of these children’s books about springtime to complement your next spring themed lesson. Flower Garden By ...
Groundhog Day is a fun holiday to celebrate with children. Early February is usually a cold and dreary time of year thus the “excitement” of Groundhog Day is a good excuse for some family fun. When my children were young we would get out our Groundhog Day books on the last weekend in January. We ...
Great children’s books can be used as an alternative or supplement to dry textbooks. Teachers in classrooms or home schools often organize learning in several subject areas around a topic to create what is called a unit study. Here are some of the best children’s books about animals, along with suggestions about incorporating the books ...