What I'm reading now
Ever since I was a little girl books and reading have been an important part of my life. And they have become an important part of my classroom routine. In my prekindergarten classroom the kids knew that the day that the big red box arrived was going to be the most exciting day that week. I tended to ignore a good portion of my lesson plan and go through the scholastic book order with them. Sometimes I had parents that ordered books for their children, but mostly it was books that I ordered for the classroom. I have spent a lot of money on books and I don't regret a penny of it. Those kids loved to read and loved going through that book box. I created a culture that valued literacy. I can only hope that this is something that they carry with them. Like I said, books have always been very important to me. As a child, I read at an early age and I preferred to buy books at toys r us rather than toys. I know that I was out o...