Ideas for setting up and running a kids’ book club with a suggestion for a Chinese New Year’s book club. Using The Empty Pot, we’ll make origami cups and fortune tellers. We also have a candy chopstick game.
Category: Literacy
Getting kids to love reading including reluctant readers as well as competent readers who just don’t like to read.
Just Another Manic Sunday
Getting 5 girls to Grace Lin’s author event for 5th grade book club proves to be a challenge in logistics and a Manic Sunday.
Top 10: Holiday Road Trip Toys and Games for Kids
Best family road trip travel toys and games for kids
A Teacher Turned Author Inspires Writing Seeds
Suzy Kline inspires kids to write using story seeds, a few words written down in a notebook that become the basis for a story or book.
Are All Kids Reluctant Readers? Mine Are! And What to Do
Reading strategies for getting kids to love to read: Book Love by Melissa Taylor of Imagination Soup.
Book Club for Kids: Island of the Blue Dolphins
Our latest 5th grade book club for girls used Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O’Dell. The activities were very fun and easy to do. The perfect combination for busy moms to pull off!
6 New Chapter Books for 2nd Grade through 7th Grade
Chapter books hot off the presses to tempt any reader including reluctant boy readers and for all kids ages 7 and up.