You can never have enough letter books for kindergarten, and this one is particularly amusing. Rexes Can’t Tie Their Shoes by Anna Lazowski Share this to start an opinion writing unit or whenever you want to remind the kids in your life that love-and their own words-are extremely powerful. We guarantee you’ll have shivers by the time you get to the author’s note, which includes remarks from real-life six-year-old Mari on her experience attending a Women’s March in 2017. Mari isn’t convinced her letters are big enough for people to read their messages as she and her mother make signs for an upcoming march.
Love is Powerful by Heather Dean Brewer.Use this as a starting point for discussing communities and school commutes or as a writing mentor book to introduce tasks like prepositions, directions, or mapping. This is a narrative about a girl’s school trip, which begins with her walking out the door, going through her urban neighborhood, and onto the subway, which has many potential curriculum links. As children decipher messages written in the sand, there are a few genuine opportunities to revisit phonics skills and sight words. This beautiful book ticks all the boxes for a kindergarten book: lovable and diverse characters, touching themes, charming artwork, and terminology that can be discussed. Makenzie Boucher is a reporter with the Shreveport Times.It’s so much joy to share books with excited kindergarten children! You’ve got your old favorites, but if you’re seeking to add some new titles to your collection, here are 15 recent releases that we think have a lot of promise.Ĭaptain Swashby is a reclusive, retired sailor who is content with his peaceful life by the sea-until a lively young woman and her grandmother move in next door. "It makes everything else worth it when you get to see their faces light up," said Statham. She said she has done this several other times when pediatric patients are having difficulties, to make their stay brighter.ĭeaton was jumping around the room when she saw her room decorated in unicorns and was even more excited when she saw Cockrell waiting to congratulate her on graduating kindergarten. This is not the first time that Statham has called upon her friends. Statham contacted her friends at Once Upon a Room, which is a nonprofit organization that provides personalized hospital room makeovers to promote happiness and healing to critically ill and extended stay pediatric patients. World's oldest dog is a year older: Bobi, a socialite who loves naps by the fire, turns 31 I decided we needed to do something," said Statham.Īnimalkind: This dog wandered the streets of Detroit after her owner died. "When I found out this hospital stay was going to be for two weeks and that she'd be missing her kindergarten graduation. Stephanie Statham, certified child life specialist at Willis-Knighton along with Once Upon a Room Shreveport helped to make this day special for Deaton.ĭeaton's room was transformed into a unicorn wonderland and the halls were filled with staff as she walked to receive her diploma from Stephanie Cockrell, her principal at at T.L. "I think this really changes the experience." "I think it is very nice," said Kaitlyn Farris, Deaton's mother. This news that Jana Deaton would miss graduation did not sit well with the staff at Willis-Knighton Health System in Shreveport and on May 16, she received her diploma from her principal at a graduation ceremony in the halls of Willis-Knighton. − When a 6-year-old patient was unable to attend her kindergarten graduation due to an extended stay at the hospital, the Louisiana medical center stepped in.
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