Favorite ABC Books for Kindergarten Literacy Selected by Nellie Edge and Colleagues “ABC Phonics: Sing, Sign, and Read! by Nellie Edge. Sign2Me Publishers, 2010. See ABC Phonics teacher support Superhero ABC by Bob McLeod. HarperCollins, 2006. Max’s ABCby Rosemary Wells. Puffin, 2006. Puddle’s ABC (Toot & Puddle) by Hollie Hobbie. Little, Brown and Company, 2000. […]
Favorite Children’s Books 2015: Favorite New Books Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bearby Lindsay Mattick. Little Brown Books, 2015 Raindrops Rollby April Pulley Sayre. Simon & Schuster/Beach Lane, 2015 Hippos Are Huge!by Jonathan London. Candlewick Press, 2015 Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Peña. Putnam, 2015 Floatby […]
Favorite Children’s Books 2014: Favorite New Books The Pigeon Needs a Bath! by Mo Willems, 2014 (Author/illustrator study: teach speech bubbles!) Mama Built a Little Nest Mama Built a Little Nestby Jennifer Ward and Steve Jenkins, 2014(Bird study) Baby Bear by Kadir Nelson, 2014(Pair with National Geographic Readers: Polar Bears by Laura Marsh) Have You […]
in the Classroom and at Home Every child deserves to own a growing collection of books that they can sing and read with pleasure and delight. These cherished reminders of the child’s developing reading skills will be kept for years to come. Teachers are encouraged to have volunteers reproduce enough of the Little Books so […]
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 […]
Free 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 […]
Favorite 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 […]
Recent 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) […]
More 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) […]
More 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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