Tag: book list
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Young writers’ reading list
The most important thing that young writers can do to develop their skills is write, write, and write some more. In conjunction with writing, young writers should read great writing: fiction, nonfiction, poetry, jokes, text messages…. The form doesn’t actually matter. The more great writing they read, the more the rhythm of language will take…
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Math Stories: Fun, Deep Learning for Elementary Students
Readers: This is an update and consolidation of previous posts on this topic. Hopefully I’ve gotten all the resources in here! It started one night when my seven-year-old daughter explained to her father how you can determine the number of faces in a geometric solid from the number of points. I’d ordered a Sir Cumference…
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Favorite board books
We loved board books in our family. Here is a list of some of our favorites.
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The search for the girl scientist in literature
There are so few books for kids that feature girl scientists, we had to dig to find them!
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My essential children’s library
School is out this week, and I am thinking toward next week: annual spring cleaning. Our spring cleaning usually happens in the summer and is largely a culling of clothing the kids have outgrown, homeschooling materials we don’t need and will pass on to others, and books. Yes, my family is part of the rare…