Tag: kids
A space for reading
By Guest Blogger on April 24th, 2013
Now that’s a bookshelf. Julia Graeper from the Classroom and Community Group recently told us about the book collection her family has. Naturally, we had to hear more, so she’s back to talk about it. Take it away, Julia! My baby is lucky. more… full post
Talking with kids about the events in Boston
By Morgan on April 16th, 2013
Yesterday’s events in Boston are on everyone’s minds — including kids. If you’re looking for tips and support, we can offer some: Scholastic News: Tragedy at the Boston Marathon — a kid-friendly way of learning about the events From themore… full post
A celebration of poetry
By Morgan on April 1st, 2013
I’ve always found that a good line of poetry can get me through a bad day. April is National Poetry Month — a time for recognizing and celebrating the impact poetry has had on the world and can have on our individual lives. My favorite thingmore… full post
Spring cleaning your bookshelves!
By Michael on March 20th, 2013
Today is the first day of Spring, which usually means it’s time to clean up the house. If your house is anything like mine, you have a lot of work ahead of you! But let’s not talk about dusting and sparkly clean windows. Instead, let’s focus onmore… full post
A new parent talks: learning how to read every day
By Jessica on February 27th, 2013
When you are pregnant, you have so many ideas about what parenthood is going to be like. You have months to plan everything. (From experience I can say that is even truer if you happen to be put on months of bed rest!) And for us, a family that wasmore… full post
Scholastic’s Chairman on the tragic school shooting in Newtown, CT
By Scholastic on December 17th, 2012
In response to Friday’s tragedy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, Scholastic Chairman and CEO Dick Robinson penned a heartfelt message to employees. His message is below. Meanwhile, educators and parents can findmore… full post
Spotlight on mysteries: Using Storia to get kids solving clues!
By Guest Blogger on November 26th, 2012
Laura Murray is back with more great Storia ideas! She’s a fourth grade teacher in Paramus, New Jersey, who first showed us a parent’s peek into Storia, followed by a piece on the “notes” and “highlights” functionality of Storia. Now, she’smore… full post
Kids Are Authors contest discovers next generation of authors!
By Guest Blogger on October 25th, 2012
One of the young polar bears came over to my mom’s window and looked in. Then he moved to my window. He pressed his paws on the glass and looked right at me. Without thinking, I did the same by matching my hand with his paw. We stared intomore… full post
Getting excited about writing: kids in action!
By Guest Blogger on October 19th, 2012
Back in June, the Scholastic Classroom Books Marketing team ran an online contest where we challenged teachers from grades K-8 to get their students excited about writing. The participating students submitted original stories accompanied withmore… full post
NFL players teach kids about practice, fitness, and books!
By Guest Blogger on October 4th, 2012
Scholastic Book Fairs had a pretty awesome week: they got to hang out with some NFL players, in addition to kids from across the country! Teryl McLane from Book Fairs is here to tell you about it. Thanks, Teryl! “PLAY 60, READ 20.” Thatmore… full post
