Have you read “The Shape Game”? It’s another Anthony Browne picture book. (I already blogged on Browne’s “The Tunnel” in my post about Choosing books to engage kids in reading.) If you’re not familiar with Anthony Browne, it’s worth your time to find some of his work. He’s a prolific British author/illustrator, and the creator…
I’m sitting here today, on school holidays, putting together a session for staff development for the first day back. To the students and parents, that’s a pupil-free day. To my husband (not a teacher), it’s coffee and cake day. As for the teachers, well, you’ll generally find a spectrum of attitudes to professional development days…
“My babe so beautiful! it thrills my heart With tender gladness, thus to look at thee, And think that thou shall learn far other lore, And in far other scenes! … thou, my babe! shalt wander like a breeze By lakes and sandy shores, beneath the crags Of ancient mountain, and beneath the clouds…” – “Frost…
Raising Explorers 