I wanted to share some of the great multicultural books from the last Kid Lit Blog Hop. Multicultural Books for Kids from the Kid Lit Blog Hop Sam and the Lucky Money from Randomly Reading Sam and the Lucky Money is a wonderful read-aloud for kids. It is not so much about teaching young readers…
Today I am on the front page of The Boston Globe for the past week of posts that I wrote on my microblog, I Love Newton, about the anti-Asian racism in the local high school musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie. School play’s stereotypes bring outcry and apology. “Millie” touches a nerve in Newton by Ellen Ishkanian,…
I have to confess that I thought St. Patrick’s Day was about pots of gold, leprechauns and four leaf clovers. I suppose if I thought hard about it, I would have guessed that St. Patrick was a Catholic saint. So, in a fit of curiosity and because I recently subscribed to a blog, Celebrating Holidays,…
Happy Pi Day! To celebrate, we are going to explore the idea of Pi and storytelling. Can the infinite sequence of the number Pi tell a story? Am I nuts to even think this? pi pī noun: the sixteenth letter of the Greek alphabet ( Π, π ), transliterated as ‘p.’ symbol: the numerical value of pi. pi =3.14159265359……
Scratch is a free programming language and online community where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations. It’s created by MIT. I had heard of it years ago from the founder of the company who created my first PragmaticMom blog template. His young son was using it to create games. My son was…
I am delighted to have Lindsey and Dana, the two Children’s Librarians behind Jbrary, guest posting today!! They have a wonderful YouTube channel that is all about storytime songs, and today they have a list of picture books you can sing before, during, or after reading! Not only is singing fun, but it is one of…
What’s a school author visit via Skype like? I just experienced two successful ones so I thought I’d share my experience in the hopes that you will be able to get authors to your kids’ school too! Skype is really very easy and kids are surprisingly unperturbed when there are minor technical issues which can…