Using Fictional Stories as a Pathway to Science Content
During the month of January, my Kindergarten co-teacher and I have been engaging our students in a variety of lessons about bears and their habitats, especially their winter habitats. We used a couple stories throughout our unit to support our learning journey: Along with… Continue Reading “Bears & Their Habitats: Kindergarteners Create”
“B” is for “Books”! 🙂 I am still combing through the “B” section of the children’s section of our library, for some great fictional stories in science. Here are some finds from this week: Stars! Stars! Stars! by Bob Barner: I found this book delightful.… Continue Reading “Tuesday Morning Reads for January 16, 2018”
Back to the alphabet! Typically when I create this post, I select books from the “new books” section of the children’s library, but like I mentioned a few weeks ago, I decided to give them some buying time. Instead I am scanning their selection… Continue Reading “Tuesday Morning Reads for January 9, 2018”
Yesterday I shared some great board books that I came across, during a recent trip to the library. One of the books I shared was “Zingy”. I loved how the author, Paola Opal, created a science themed story in a board book, in a… Continue Reading “For Our Youngest Budding Scientists…”
BOARD BOOKS!! As I was walking to the picture book section of our library, a few weeks ago, I took a different pathway and came across their board books section, and I thought…I wonder if there are any great science themed stories here for… Continue Reading “Tuesday Morning Reads for January 2, 2018”