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30+ Duck Picture Books

Rebecca Reid — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:37:00 +0000

As a toddler, my daughter was obsessed with ducks. She called herself “Baby Duck” and if I did not call her that, she corrected me. I was, of course, “Mama Duck.” So it was a perfect time for finding all the books we can find about ducks. Below I’ve included a huge list of books. Some […]

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Story Outlining and Retelling Using a Wordless Book

Rebecca Reid — Thu, 28 May 2026 06:00:00 +0000

The Red Book by Barbara Lehman is a wordless picture book, so it may not be the first to come to mind when considering a book to “read aloud” to a class. However, because the illustrations tell the story, The Red Book can be an ideal book to use as students practice outlining and retelling […]

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Shoes Color Matching Game Freebie

Rebecca Reid — Thu, 14 May 2026 12:18:00 +0000

There is stage each of my kids has enjoyed, between two and three, when they truly loved Pete the Cat's I Love My White Shoes! Since it is so fun to sing the song and toddlers are just starting to recognize colors, it's a perfect stage for beginning color recognition and color matching. Toddler Color […]

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A Free, Simple Template for How to Pray in Spanish

Rebecca Reid — Fri, 08 May 2026 01:53:59 +0000

It's never easy to get a my resistant child to practice speaking in a foreign language, so one thing I like to do is move Spanish-language speaking into our familiar, daily use with getting in the habit of using certain words and phrases. Learning to pray in Spanish is one way we can put that […]

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Instruments Busy Bag

Rebecca Reid — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:44:00 +0000

My daughter loves making noise and she is fascinated by musical instruments. When I saw a Toob of musical instruments, I knew she’d love to play with them. Edit your caption text hereA QUIET Instruments Busy BagUsing the toob toys, I made an instruments busy bag. It’s not a noisy one, such as you would expect. Rather, […]

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Conserving Trees and Recycling Paper: A Picture Book Lesson

Rebecca Reid — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 12:12:00 +0000

To prepare for Earth Day and Arbor Day, we learned about conserving trees by recycling paper in our kitchen. Reading The Great Paper Caper, a silly mystery story, prompted this fun, hands-on science lesson. A Conservation Story in The Great Paper CaperBefore we made our paper, we read a fun story about trees, the need for conservation, […]

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Picture Books to Inspire Unique Story Organization

Rebecca Reid — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 05:01:00 +0000

I had a lot of fun considering favorite picture books as I considered the variety of ways one could organize a story. So many times in elementary school kids are given a prescription for writing and they must follow that. Obviously many stories follow a traditional structure with a clear beginning, a middle, and an […]

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Math Manipulatives: Rainbow Counter Color and Size Sorting

Rebecca Reid — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 13:14:00 +0000

My preschooler loves to play with our frog and bear counters to practice color and size sorting! Sorting and separating rainbow counters or rainbow bear counters helps preschoolers with color and shape discrimination, and playing with physical counters or beads encourages fine motor skills development. The ones I have are also beads, so my daughter loves stringing […]

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Writing in the Snow Picture Book Lesson

Rebecca Reid — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 13:21:00 +0000

In the book In the Snow by Huy Voun Lee, Xiao Ming and his mother walk in newly fallen snow and his mother shows him Chinese characters by writing them in the snow. They discuss how the characters look like the items they are describing. Despite our lack of snow in Chicagoland this season,we made our […]

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Snowman Winter Ideas and Vowels Sort Freebie

Rebecca Reid — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:31:00 +0000

During wintertime, it's easy to add "snow days" fun into your learning. Start with my snowman vowels sort freebie! Play with snowmen as you sort long vowels from short vowels in a simple phonics file folder game or classroom center. While you're at it, here's another wintery idea: Make learning fun with snowman breaks during […]

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