A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness is a haunting and heartbreaking story based on an idea by children’s author Siobhan Dowd, who passed away from cancer […]
How to Effectively Search the Web
Written by Lisa Internet search engines (Google, Yahoo!, Bing, About, etc.) search enormous databases of webpages using keywords. The potential of search engines can be […]
Cool Reads to Keep You Warm
Brrr! Have you seen the snowflakes coming down recently? Now that the weather outside is turning frightful, it got me thinking about things that can […]
Balloons
As I was pondering this week’s theme, I came across some balloons in our craft closet. I thought, well now, there are plenty of amazing […]
Dry bear humor
Turns out that there quite a few Benjamin Bears out there, but I don’t think there are many with the whimsy and charm of the […]
Blue
Oh, the color blue. What does it make you think of? The clear sky, the deep ocean or perhaps the taste of a delicious blueberry? […]
Horses
Yeehaw! This week our theme is on horses. Books: “Ride ’em Cowboy” by Stefan Czernecki “Clip-Clop” by Nicola Smee “Are You a Horse?” by Andy […]
Dinosaurs
RAWR! Aren’t Dinosaurs fascinating? That’s why we’ve planned a special explorastory honoring these fierce creatures. I even brought in a dino-puppet friend for the children […]
Getting Dressed
This week’s theme is on getting dressed. Books: “Froggy Gets Dressed” by Jonathan London “Too Purpley” by Jean Reidy “This is the Baby” by Candace […]
A Publishing Phenomenon: The Harry Potter Series by J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter is J. K. Rowling’s beloved young wizard who grew up ignorant of his magical heritage until one day . . .