Author study preschool

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I figured it was time for another author study, and who better to choose than the legendary Mo Willems! Author of the Knuffle Bunny trilogy and the Pigeon books as well as the Elephant and Piggy se…

Activities to go with books by Laura Numeroff...ideas for the If You Give Give series

Explore a colorful Lois Ehlert author study with engaging virtual book activities for kids. Inspire creativity and learning through art, nature, and storytelling.

Christian Robinson is the second author in our 2021 Author Study Challenge. He is primarily an illustrator, so I’m maybe cheating a little here, but he is also the author/illustrator of a few books now and his work is just so delightful I feel like he is someone everyone should know. Once you read the […]

Next month marks the start of our Books in a Series unit. In reader's workshop students select a series of their choice to explore in book clubs, while also creating and writing adventures about a realistic fiction character of their own in writer's workshop. What better author to use for mentor texts than the one and only, Mo Willems?! His work is dreamy (insert heart eye emoji here)! This post contains affiliate links for your shopping convenience. I consistently choose his work each year…

These Doreen Cronin book activities include great ideas for teaching with the books Click Clack Moo, Diary of Worm, Diary of Spider, and Duck for President.

Kids learn to spell their names with ice cream cone puzzles.

Just an update on the homework posts. I've updated the last post - http://www.teachingmaddeness.com/2014/07/im-lovin-homework-thats-wrap-mini-series.html - with my MONSTER Folder Overview as a free download. I also had a ton of requests for the version of the MONSTER folder cover that was shown in my picture so that will be up in our shop this week! With back to school coming soon, I thought I would round up some of my favorite freebies I've offered here on my blog to make sure you haven't…

FREE printables to go along with the book series Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems. Preschool and kindergarten kids will have a blast learning with these 2 lovable friends! Practice early math and literacy skills, alphabet, counting, patterns, scissor skills and more!

Keep toddlers and preschoolers busy with these Book Inspired Kid Crafts. It's fun to read the stories with them then create art projects related to the story. Great practice for cutting and gluing too!

Author vs. Illustrator

A fun, hands-on game to help your preschool, pre-K and kindergarten students learn letter sounds with Pete the Cat.

Mo Willems Pigeon Counting Game

We read the Pigeon books during our Mo Willems author study. We made a T-chart to record if we would or would not let the Pigeon stay up late.

Read it then Make it! Crafts bring the book or story alive, and the story adds meaning to the Art!

Enjoy these fun activities and crafts with Jan Brett books - Author Illustrator Jan Brett brings the wonder and excitement of winter to life.

One of my absolute favorite units to teach throughout the year has got to be my Eric Carle author study. Usually my little nuggets have been exposed to Eric Carle's work before they come to me, but it's mostly superficial. They have heard the classics, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, The Grouchy Ladybug, etc. However, they haven't REALLY been exposed to the amazing person, author and illustrator that he is!! I pack my classroom library FULL of the classics and those…