Category Archives: Literary Foundations

Making the family connection: Folklore fun! Materials: paper, pencils, colored pencils, and/or crayons Just for today, enjoy a family learning activity of choice. Enjoy quizzing each other with the riddles. Why not challenge a family member to “secretly” seeing who can find all of the “I Spy” items. Play the roll a Leprechaun as aContinue reading “St. Patrick’s Day… Fun!”

One Night a Week… One Family… One Read Aloud… Priceless! Making the family connection: Discuss: “Which American folk tales do you know?” *Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, Unsinkable Molly Brown, Coyote and the Columbia, Brer Rabbit, Raven, Lincoln Death Train, Old Stormalong, Mike Fink, Three Billy Goats Gruff, Attack of the Mammoth, John Henry, etc. Materials:Continue reading “Literary Foundations: American Folktales and around the World”

Why is literacy important? Learners need literacy in order to engage with the written word in everyday life… Being able to read and write means being able to keep up with current events, communicate effectively, and understand the issues that are shaping our world. Today’s literary skill: Seasonal terms. Given any calendar showing days ofContinue reading “Literary Foundations: Seasonal Terms”

Why is literacy important? Learners need literacy in order to engage with the written word in everyday life… Being able to read and write means being able to keep up with current events, communicate effectively, and understand the issues that are shaping our world. Family literary connections: Whether you are using a book at home,Continue reading “Literary Foundations: Journals, Diaries, Letters”

Why is literacy important? Learners need literacy in order to engage with the written word in everyday life… Being able to read and write means being able to keep up with current events, communicate effectively, and understand the issues that are shaping our world. Why should we care about primary sourcing? Gaining understanding helps usContinue reading “Literary Foundations”

Why is literacy important? Learners need literacy in order to engage with the written word in everyday life… Being able to read and write means being able to keep up with current events, communicate effectively, and understand the issues that are shaping our world. How do we grow into being a life-long learner? From this life-longContinue reading “Literary Foundations”