Who remembers the magic of I-Spy Books in the 90s? A while back I saw @scholarschoice create an I-Spy Tuff Tray and my 90s childhood was screaming to make the book come to life with Halloween inspired #tufftray. Set the invitation by placing a whole bunch of different halloween items or loose parts along with a So let the magic of @scholastic I-Spy books come to life in tuff tray play!

Where favorite Halloween stories, characters, and more come to life through imaginative play, sensory Halloween is the perfect time to bring beloved books, whimsical characters & imaginative worlds together From friendly ghosts & mischievous monsters to haunted houses, magical witches & miniature Halloween Halloween Monster Jam 2, Little Blue Truck's Halloween I-Spy Halloween Tuff Tray Invitation to Create children to create their own spooky characters, I hope these invitations inspire a season filled with

To set up this Halloween Monster Jam in our Discount School Supply Tuff Tray I placed dirt, sand, way

Halloween is the perfect time to mix a little spooky magic with hands-on discovery! Over the years, I’ve brought Halloween magic into our learning environments with open-ended experiences Here are some of my favorite Halloween science, sensory & hands-on invitations to inspire your next spooky These playful invitations bring Halloween magic to learning while nurturing curiosity, creativity & a

Halloween is the perfect time to bring a little spooky magic into the art experience! Throughout the years, I’ve loved transforming familiar Halloween themes, favorite picture books and unexpected Here is a collection of my favorite Halloween-inspired process art invitations! Room on the Broom Action Art: Bringing Storytime to Life Bring a beloved Halloween story to life through Here's to a season filled with spooky creations, colorful discoveries and plenty of Halloween magic!

I Guess I’ll Go Eat Worms by Linda Liu is a remix of the classic nursery rhyme, a silly, playful story DIGGING FOR WORMS-For our first invitation, I buried an assortment of bait worms, pipe cleaner worms,

I Drew a Heart by Gillian Sze (Author), Naoko Stoop (Illustrator) is the perfect book to read during

Every year the money we raise from our Art Walk Silent Auction goes to the graduating Pre-K class legacy gift. This year went to enhancing our existing library. Since the graduating class name was the butterflies the space honors that in special ways. In the plaque we had each graduating Pre-K paint a butterfly. This side of the wall is where all the books are organized by month (color coded) to make it easier for the teachers to pull the resources they need for story time and their invitations. There is also a display area to showcase the artists & authors of the month. On the other side is where the children can come in and let their imaginations fly while reading. A rainbow wall shelf, low to the ground shelf, & display shelves. These same butterflies were used in the graduation backdrop. And lots of different nooks & flexible seating to get cozy with a book! A huge thank you to Children's Factory for gifting the shelf , curved seating , carpet , pouf and ottoman . As well as Discount School Supply for the Environments® Nature Reading Cube.

I still haven't been able to find the right way to convey the debilitating feeling of helplessness, triggering For now here is a little bit of The Iran I Know, social media platforms providing up to date information The Iran I know and was raised to be proud of was rich in culture, fashionable, multi faith, modern, The Iran I have yearned to travel to has been non existent since my family immigrated 35 years ago. The Iran I know, is one of the biggest reasons I am passionate about exposing children to culture and

Reading stories have always been a point of inspiration to spark more playfulness in our invitations. Books can be a jumping point and path to create more intentional experiences such as art, sensory play, science,dramatic play, math, and small world play. By creating a #tufftray that makes the book come to life is quite possibly one of the best ways to extend the literacy experience while building comprehension skills, and creating life long lovers of reading!  One of the best ways children learn is to build on their curiosity and interests. Reading stories with related concepts or themes that they are enticed knowing more about can be particularly beneficial for their knowledge building. When you share books about a topic of interest, you open up opportunities to ask children questions, for children to ask questions, and to explore context and ideas.  Then when you pair hands-on experiences with the books, kids have the opportunity to make richer connections between the story,  their environment, extend or expand on ideas, build comprehension and language skills, retain the information and knowledge,  learn something new, and increase their understanding of the world around them. Activities and experiences such as this can help kids process and solidify their new knowledge while giving them an opportunity to try out new vocabulary and concepts. They can then apply those new words, information, and ideas to other situations to help themselves figure things out and to convey their own ideas all through the power of play!

Today we read the book, I Can Eat a Rainbow by Olena Rose, is a book that explores how it is important

The newly released I Am Golden written by Eva Chen and Illustrated by Sophie Dao is a beautiful story