For a reader challenge of poetry for a 5th grade girl book club, I recommend novels in verse with ideas for books and activities.
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What Are Your Kid’s Drop Everything and Read Books?
Today is Drop Everything and Read Day or DEAR day. What was your child’s first DEAR book? My little boy’s is Ninjago chapter books.
Learning the Days of the Week
My son’s first grade teacher has a great Days of the Week rhyme and I also have Days of the Week picture book suggestions.
Teach Kids Months of the Year with Easy Rhyme
Teach your kids the months of the year with this easy rhyme with a selection of wonderful picture books that also cover the calendar.
A Dark Eric Carle-Like Picture Book
If there was yang to Eric Carle’s yang, then this would be What Comes Darkly Thieves by Ben Rubin. It has a folk tale fable quality to it but with an openness and makes a child ask over and over again, “Why?”
Children’s Choice Book Awards: Vote!
The best picture books, chapter books, easy chapter books and graphic novels according to kids! Vote now to pick 5th Annual Children’s Choice Book Awards winners.
Picture Books to Teach Compassion: Book Club for Boys
We came up with three more little boy book club ideas using advanced picture books and non fiction picture books to teach our boys about micro loans, Ancient Egypt and helping endangered animals.