Teacherself

As teachnology is on a constant rise, children are spending more and more time with it. I am taking courses in my Masters about incorporarin...

http://www.clker.com/cliparts/2/R/E/V/j/Q/reading-story-book-to-kids-md.png I have been meaning to write a post about storytelling techn...

I have been trying to put out different activities every other day in the literacy centre. Here is an alphabet centre that was donated t...

One of the easiest and realistic ways for children to begin recognizing letters is to use media around them. This is such an easy activity ...

Here is a very quick letter activity I came up with. I was using the die cutter to cut out alphabets and I noticed there was a lot of paper...

Source: http://www.margiepalatini.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/moosetache.jpg Here I am with another storytelling technique. I lo...

I can't believe how busy I have gotten in the past month. But I am back!!! A very happy summer to everyone and hope life is treating eve...

Source: http://www.epikardia.com/images/kindergarten%20girl%20reading.jpg The list of books for infants and toddlers have been done....

I have mentioned in a previous blog that reading aloud to children should begin when the baby is still in the womb. "An infant's he...

I have posted before a reading list for infants. Now it's time for toddlers. Here it is as found in the book 'Creating Readers' ...

A lot of parents and teachers talk about how expensive books are these days. I can agree to some extent but I also think a great boo...

Babies are masters at one thing: putting everything in their mouth. This is because they use their taste senses to get a feel of everythi...

The two best things about rhymes are that they are fun and they are predictable. Children need prediction to improve their readi...