Kimberly Fehrs works on our Operations Team here at Read To Them, making sure that schools have just what they need for a successful school-wide reading event. At home, she has two elementary school-aged boys of her own and their family loves to read aloud together. We asked Kimberly to suggest some books from the … Read more
Our July Book Stack is recognizing, appreciating, and exploring books in the Read to Them library that incorporate the element of play, our at The Lamp-Post theme for this month. Wanna play? The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary When you discover a little mouse in your hotel room and he rides a … Read more
From “a list of twenty supplies you need to survive middle school when you don’t have arms.” A sense of humor. I’m being very serious here – you’ve got to have one. Seriously. — Aven Green (Dusti Bowling, Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus, p. 255) For centuries philosophers have analyzed humor. … Read more
I taught preschool from 2003 until 2019. In that time, “screen time” went from watching Sesame Street DVDs while parents were making dinner to iPads in the laps of toddlers in grocery store buggies. Endless rounds of The Wheels on the Bus in the carpool line were replaced by – well, I quite frankly have … Read more
