Debbie Gonzales

Young readers will further enjoy Phyllis Root’s marvelous Big Belching Bog by participating in some of the subject and resource modules offered in the following link created by the Irish Peatland Conservation Council. Click HERE and enjoy the following suggested subject modules – The Art Module in which bog art field studies and multisensory field investigations are described, the… Read more »

Grab a few pots of daylight fluorescent paints, a handful of day-glo markers, and have a ball working through the activities presented on the following activity guide created to compliment Chris Barton’s sensational THE DAY-GLO BROTHERS: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer’s Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors. Click HERE to be led through insightful pre-reading… Read more »

The Teacher Guide created for Lola’s delightful Just One Bite can be accessed by clicking HERE. In it –  along with engaging mathematics, science, language arts activities, a study of various animal habitats and herbivore, omnivore, and carnivore eating habits – is a darling Reader’s Theater activity suitable for any Kindergarten to 2nd grade student. The Reader’s… Read more »

Have you ever wondered what a beastologist does? This and other provocative points are pondered in a down-loadable Nathaniel Fludd: Beastologist Teacher Activity guide accessible by clicking HERE. Along with insightful discussion questions, this guide is filled with social studies, science, and reading comprehension activities. Best of all, it includes  instructions for making your very own compass – a… Read more »

Kids from age 6 to 8 will enjoy activities such as resumé writing, letter writing, and a Bingo game  in down-loadable Teacher Activity Guide accessible by clicking HERE. It is filled with insightful questions for discussion suitable for 1st through 3rd graders and the grown up in-between. Mirroring Frannie’s preciously precocious voice the guide states that “…scientific fact that Frankly… Read more »

Click HERE to access an amazing Teacher’s Guide supporting  Tony Abbott’s incredible series, The Secrets of Droon. Guide creator Donna F. Skolnick passionately believes that encouraging kids to connect with series books is the key to sparking the life-long love of reading. She states on page 3 of her well-written, content-packed guide, “Series books entice… Read more »

To watch two dramatic, suspenseful, and down-right daring webisodes – Lair of the Bat Monster and Curse of the Were-Wiener –  featuring the antics of Ursula Vernon’s Danny Dragonbreath, his best friend Wendell, and cousin Edward click HERE. A ReaderKidZ note of warning – Viewer discretion advised. After viewing Curse of the Were-Wiener one’s perception of the… Read more »