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We Love Elephant and Piggie Books by Mo Willems Today I Will Fly!by Mo Willems, Hyperion Book I Am Invited to a Party! by Mo Willems, Hyperion Book Watch Me Throw the Ball! by Mo Willems, Hyperion Book My Friend is Sad by Mo Willems, Hyperion Book Elephants Cannot Dance! by Mo Willems, Hyperion Book […]
Read MoreFree Poetry “I Can Read” Notebook Pages April: The Science of Spring in Songs and Rhymes: Bugs, Butterflies, and the Earth Click on the poem title to download an 8.5″ x 11″ PDF version. The CaterpillarBrown and furryCaterpillar in a hurry;Take your walkTo the shady leaf or stalk. May no toad spy you,May the little […]
Read MoreFavorite Children’s Books Favorite Books that Say, “ I love you.” Teach Children to Read, Write, Spell, and Sign The Most Beautiful Language: “I Love You” and All Its Variations (I love my Mom because… I love to… I love the cat… I love my dog…) Begin by teaching the “I” chant and the L-O-V-E […]
Read MoreRecent Kindergarten Favorites: Delightful Predictable Books for Building Early Reading Enthusiasm, Independence, and Stamina! Selected by Nellie Edge with a request: Please give beginning readers real books! Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli. (Candlewick Press, 2009) Big Cat, Small Catby Ami Rubinger. (Abbeville Press, 2009) Orange Pear Apple Bear by Emily Gravett. (Simon and Schuster, 2007) […]
Read MoreMore Kindergarten Classics Delightful Predictable Books for Building Early Reading Enthusiasm, Independence, and Stamina! Selected by Nellie Edge with a request: Please give beginning readers real books! No, David! by David Shannon. Scholastic, Inc., 1998. I Love You Sun / I Love You Moon: Te amo Sol / Te amo Luna (Spanish and English Edition) […]
Read MoreMore Kindergarten Classics – Vol. 2 Delightful Predictable Books for Building Early Reading Enthusiasm, Independence, and Stamina! Selected by Nellie Edge with a request: Please give beginning readers real books! It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw. HarperCollins, 1988. I Went Walking by Sue Williams. Harcourt Brace, Jovanovich, 1989. A Dark Dark Tale by […]
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If good handwriting motions are not automatic, it interferes with the whole writing process.
A multisensory, integrated approach to handwriting is the most time-efficient, and brain-friendly way we know of to plant lifelong habits for good handwriting in kindergarten. Now that ambitious kindergarten writing expectations is the foundation for the rigorous K-12 Common Core Writing Standards, it is vital that kindergarten teachers give children the gift of lifelong habits for legible handwriting right from the start of their journey as writers.
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Build scientific information and vocabulary for your voracious learners! You can use the information book ABC Phonics: Sing, Sign, and Read! by Nellie Edge and Sign2Me Early Learning to teach foundational literacy skills and simultaneously challenge young learners to expand their reading, writing, thinking, and science research skills as they build academic vocabulary. First, repeatedly […]
Read MoreFree Poetry “I Can Read” Notebook Pages April Showers Bring May Flowers: Weather in Poetry and Song Click on the poem title to download an 8.5″ x 11″ PDF version. What is the Weather?What is the weather?What is the weather?What is the weather?(clap!) Today? […]
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Posted by Nellie Edge on February 10, 2016 Fall and Winter Handwriting Tips for Young Writers If handwriting skills are not automatic, it interferes with the whole writing process! Good handwriting skills facilitate rigorous Common Core writing standards: Continue working with each child’s name! Have high expectations Be intentional Create a sense […]
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