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
Lori – Region 17 (verified owner) –
Excellent use of children’s literature.
Jamie – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
This course was GREAT! I learned some many great ideas. I am excited to look at some of my favorite picture books and see how I can incorporate STEAM activities with them.
Rebecca – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with excellent ideas that can be taken back to the classroom!
Brenda – Region 17 ESC (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed seeing all the different books they used to teach different aspects of the GT mind set.
Kelsey – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I loved all of the book suggestions from real teachers. Thank you!
Liliana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Amazing Course!
Jennifer – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I am a lover of children’s books, so this course is right up my alley.
Marissa – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Enjoyed hearing about children’s books I wasn’t familiar with and the variety of ideas of how to use them
Maria – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course was valuable. I enjoyed it. I love the ideas you presented. I love the ideas of perspective. I have always taught this idea using The Three Little Pigs and The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka I now have other ways to teach perspective.
Laura – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas that you can take and use in your classroom right now! Great books recommendations and activities to go along with the books!
ZANDRA – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
I like how this course gives a lot of examples of how children can get creative, probem solvers and critical thinkers.
Elizabeth – MOUNT VERNON ISD (verified owner) –
This course offers wonderful examples of children’s literature to use in engaging ways for GT students.
colette – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Many great books were introduced today. The activities can be used throughout the school year. They can be used for any grade level. Many of the activities are great for small group work.
Adelia – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Really enjoyed the course. It was fun and has great strategies.
Marcia – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas and wonderful suggestions for read alouds.
Nicole – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Great children’s literature that can be adapted into many lessons to reach all students.
Nydia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was more elementary, but still useful.
Lauren – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
It was great! Gave excellent examples of children’s literature to use in the classroom and for activities to help promote student engagement
Rocio – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
very fun and valuable information
Laura – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
This was a good course to get ideas flowing with the students. I like how the books were different and I was able to learn about some new books.
Karla – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
It had good ideas for specific books but didn’t teach me any strategies to use in general.
Lynda – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Very good ideas.
Jennifer – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Great ways to incorporate literature!
Jen – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas and resources
Sharon – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course! Lots of great books suggested!
LINDA – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course.
Traci – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
This was the best one I have had in a long time! Thank you for the great ideas and use of quality literature.
Alisha – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Great information, using different literature to teach “outside the box.”
Rachel – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course with many book titles and ways to utilize them for students.
Patricia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Loved the course. I learned new strategies that I will apply in my classroom.
Tracy – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Fantastic books and ideas I had not heard of yet! Ideas will work with other books and novels as well!
Blanca – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent
Melissa – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the ideas but wish they would have given more examples to use with kindergarten.
Kathleen – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
Good use of children’s literature
Belinda – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
I love the book suggestions and ideas for lessons that accompany them.
Nicole – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
great ideas
Megan – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
I loved all of the great book recommendations!
Anabel – DRISCOLL ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas!
Jennifer – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
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Thank you for the wonderful ideas that use literature. The Acceptance and Individuality books are definitely being added to my classroom library!
Sheila – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful! Highly recommend. Many great books with ties to developing engaging lessons for my kindergarten class.
Lucinda – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This is a very helpful course since it provides a variety of literature to help with questioning on different aspects of learning to every student not necessarily the GT.
Julia – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
I really like the books/ideas used in this course. I plan on using them all in my classroom. Great ideas!!
Shawnta – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
This has great books and ideas for not only our GT students but others as well.
Dawn – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
I love this because it gave me so many ideas of books to use in class along with the activity.
Zulema – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas!
Connie – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Great literature to engage students and they give great examples of ways to use the book.
Julie – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Great books and ideas shown.
Blanca – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great becasue it gives you ideas and activities that can be done with GT and regular students to develop their crativity, problem solving and thinking skills.
Elizabeth – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Good way to introduce books with lots of different meaning.
Debbie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Loved seeing all the books to use