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I can’t believe that it is that time of year again when I have not finished ESY!  The promise of a TPT sale, however, makes look forward to the new school year exciting. The sale is August 1-2, Monday and Tuesday. Here are some products from…

My students love stories with a twist!.  This has twelve verses that have my students giggling especially when the Elephant tries to climb the clock! Hickory Dickory Dock is a nursery rhyme that is great to also teach some story grammar features while using a…

Nursery Rhymes are part of our cultural literature and aids in language development. When children listen to and learn nursery rhymes they are also learning about language and become better readers and writers. They are introduced to new vocabulary and develop an understanding of different…

  Hey Diddle Diddle Mother Goose Rhymes introduce students to literature that has been passed down for generations. The rhymes assist the students in learning vocabulary and practice phonemic awareness. Learning these poems by heart assist in developing auditory memory skills.   In creating this…

I love using literature to teach. It gives me a jumping off point to teach vocabulary and story grammar.   It Takes A Village by Jane Cowen-Fletcher Book Companion is a great story that is set in an African village.  Yemi is given the responsibility…

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on a Bed This is a fun poem about five monkeys jumping on the bed! The first part is appropriate for those children that are readers or to can be read to the child. The second part has a pictures and…

Old MacDonald is a favorite song of the students that I work with.  This simple song has  choice making and  a sentence request board.  This particular song is great for language learning. It is an easy melody for children to learn The repeating chorus helps…

My plan this summer was to create units using literature and having all the resources in one place.  As I have been using children’s literature I have been able to discover that there are some stories in which some of the extensions to create deeper…

Behaviors are a way that children communicate. Think about the newborn. The baby cries to get its needs met as the listener tries to determine the cause of distress. We need to be the same kind of detectives when we see the older child demonstrate…

I have always loved incorporating rhymes and music into my lessons.  Music assists in memory, developing language, and often a child’s first vocalization can come as they try to sing along. When we are working with children with minimal verbal language skills we need to…