Instant Success Dolch Sight Word Cards

These Dolch Sight Word cards have been developed by Dianne Craft for students who are either struggling to learn sight words.  I am planning on ordering some this week for my students to try them out.  Let's face it, sight words are incredibly boring for children to learn!

Dolch Sight Words
http:///www.diannecraft.org

Hot Chocolate Stand

A hot chocolate stand on a chilly winter day:

A Dog and His Bone in the Morning

Happy Holidays from SF Fisherman's Wharf

Trees are already up at Pier 39 and Ghiradelli Square.  Both were packed with people today.  Ghiradelli's tree-lighting included a kazoo orchestra and "snowfall."  Happy Holidays!

kids suspenders by Wembley

My son loves suspenders instead of a belt!

Resources:

Wembley suspenders
fits sizes S-XL
www.wembleyheritage.com

Favorite kids toothpaste- kids spry tooth gel with xylitol

My friend told me about how xylitol is great for preventing cavities.  My son used to like the kid's spry tooth gel with xylitol.  I like it because it is safe to swallow.

Resources:  Kid's Spry tooth gel
                   www.xlear.com

air dry clay for making holiday gifts

I found some air dry clay for making easy clay creations!  The kit comes with 2 pounds of terra cotta clay.  It's super easy because no baking is needed!

air dry clay
www.alextoys.com

Happy Thanksgiving!

Harry Potter Party Favors

Recommended Old Fashioned book about Thanksgiving! An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving

We were at Pegasus books in Rockridge in CA and we saw the book, An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving  by Louisa May Alcott, and I had to have the book!   Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is the author of the beloved Little Women series which is based on her own experience growing up in New England with her parents and three sisters.

An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving
by Louisa May Alcott
Illustrated by James Bernardin
Harper Collins Publishers
ISBN:  0-06-000450-9














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Picture book recommendation about the Golden Gate Bridge

We've been studying about the Golden Gate Bridge  I love this picture book published by the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy.

The Mighty Golden Gate Bridge
ISBN:  978-1-932519-27-3

Halloween and Dia De La Muerta books we read this year!

Halloween Books:

The Witch Who Was Afraid Of Witches by Alice Low
A Trumpet Club Special Edition
ISBN 0-440-84422-3
(A type of cinderella book)

Witches Four
By Marc Brown
Published by Parents Magazine Press
ISBN 0-8193-1013-1
Fun rhyming Halloween book, not too scary

You Read To Me, I'll Read To You
By Mary Ann Hoberman
Published by Little, Brown & Company
ISBN: 978-0-316-01733-6
Fun scary tales (but not too scary) to read together

Day of the Dead
By Linda Lowery
Published by Millbrook Press
ISBN:  978-1-57505-581-7
This book is about Day of the Dead.This is part of the My Own Holidays books.

Book recommendation about the Builder of the Golden Gate Bridge, Joseph Strauss

In 1917, the engineer Joseph Baermann Strauss, started building a bridge across the treacherous Golden Gate Bridge.  Twenty years later, in May of 1937, the first cars roared across the brand new bridge.

As a child, Strauss dreamed of doing something that no one else had done, this book is an excellent telling of the struggles and accomplishments in his life!

Joseph Strauss, Builder of the Golden Gate Bridge
by Michael Chester
Published by Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy