Description
Let primary students amaze you with creativity and critical thinking skills. Discover great resources that are probably already in the school library to help you explore results-based thinking. Come with an open mind, willing hands, and a loving heart for the littlest learners!
In this course, participants will use children’s literature to help primary learners:
- Engage in creative thinking, critical thinking, and communication skills
- Better understand acceptance and individuality
- Practice problem-solving
- Develop visual and spatial thinking skills
Stacey – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Very effective course!
Jennifer – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It was great!
Heather – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I appreciate that there are activities and ideas that can be immediately used in the classroom. They also don’t use completely obscure books. I would like to see some more culturally diverse text included.
Lilia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the use of children’s literature to teach children to use their imaginations.
Denise – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I always love good book talks. Especially when they come with suggested activities. Well worth my time!
Dawnette – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Helpful in introducing ways to integrate children’s literature in the classroom.
CORINA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This was an excellent PD.
CLAUDIA Y – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Sandra – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very helpful. I plan to use the literature strategies provided at the resources section.
CECILIA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I loved how the teachers used different titles to introduce and make literature creative for students.
Sandra – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Loved all the “take away” activities!
Bonnie – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
I love children’s lit so any new ideas/extensions for books I’m already familiar with are great! There are some books I’m not familiar with and I enjoyed hearing ideas about incorporating them as well.
Allena – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I loved listening to the book suggestions and filled my teacher tool box with so new book ideas!
Jennifer – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course. It offered many great ideas to use with my students and I love the use of books to guide the activity or thought process.
MELINDA M – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas especially titles of books/literature to use in the classroom and ways they can be used for instruction.
Robbin – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course!!!
RUBEN – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This was very enlightening because it targets the mind of early learners at their level yet forces them to think and work on different projects that helps them grow academically.
Keelie – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great course because I left with many ideas that I can use right away in my classroom.
Amy – CLYDE-GREEN SPRINGS EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
Excellent presenters and ideas!
Tiffany – CLYDE-GREEN SPRINGS EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
Great ideas and great literature!
Melissa – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course was very engaging. It gave you practical ideas on how to engage students’ thinking using children’s literature.
Jennifer – NEWARK CITY (verified owner) –
It was a good source as to help to use literature with social and emotional needs.
LUZ – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Love it. Will use most the strategies outlined. Very useful for the classrom.
AMELIA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
My favorite course thus far! Great ideas and awesome use of literature.
MARIANA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It offered many interesting strategies to use with students to promote creative thinking.
Cynthya – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I like the different ways and ideas we can teach how for children to be themselves and how their are different points of views and how to perhaps overcome negativity.
Ashley – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Loved the ideas and engaging strategies
MARIA A – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Good course that gives good ideas on how to bring out students’ creativity.
Michele – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
This had good ideas for literature
Kathryn – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought the book examples were engaging. It made me want to go out and buy some of them for my own classroom library. The activities they suggested were realistic, and would be fun to do in my classroom.
Jorge – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great examples and activities!
Rachel – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
The suggested literature was all wonderful! I can definitely use these texts in my classroom. I appreciate the suggestions.
Andrea – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course enjoyed the ideas and really liked the books that were mentioned.
Lynsi – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
The presenters are well versed in children’s literature.
Rachel – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Love it! Great book and great ideas!
Mackenzie – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Nikole – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
This course was great. It gave great tangible activities to incorporate into your curriculum.
Jessica – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Course was very helpful being that it provided instructional strategies that we can use in the classroom with our students.
Susan – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
This is the absolute BEST GT course I have ever taken! I can actually use everything these ladies talked about in my classroom! I really wish these were the types of courses offered every year because I teach kindergarten and many of these online courses do not relate to what I can do in my classroom. Kudos to you ladies! Great job!
Jackie – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
These book ideas were great! Several of these books I have in my room and others I will be getting very soon!
Carrie – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great ways to incorporate literature into lessons!
MARIA G – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Love the great examples for each of the following: Acceptance and Individuality, Problem Solving & Cooperation, Visual Spatial Thinking & Creativity, and Divergent Thinking & Imagination.
Cristina – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very good course with a lot of new strategies that can be used in our classrooms.
Yvette – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course because it is based on how we can use children’s literature for different purposes, not just for text comprehension. It gives us really great ideas on how to use literature for creative thinking in different areas.
Kim – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Excellent and practical ideas!
Nancy – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
The list of books, themes and activities is exceptional. This will really help me as I work not only with my gifted readers but also with the borderline students in our Talent development groups.
Andrea – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I enjoyed seeing new book ideas
Brenda – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is presented in a very dynamic way! It provides many good examples and ideas on how to address different character traits and skills that TAG students have.
Natale – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course was very engaging and I liked how it provided us with resources/examples of how to incorporate creativity in our classrooms.
Cristina – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
very informative