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Books Under a 6-Year-Old’s Bed: Series Books

May 21, 2014 by The Learning Basket 3 Comments

I organize our books every quarter... or when I start tripping over stacks and stacks of books on the floor. With books for a three-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl addicted to series books, we constantly run out of space for all of them. In my most recent attempt at being organized, one of the things I did was collect all of Little T's chapter books, put them in … [Read more...]

How to Introduce World War II to Children, Part 3: Places to Visit

May 14, 2014 by The Learning Basket 2 Comments

Nothing beats seeing and touching something with your own eyes and hands to make it more real. So, even if reading can take you places and fire up your imagination, being in a place gives you an emotional connection, making something you have read about more concrete. In the first part of this series, I talked about why and how to introduce World War II to young … [Read more...]

How to Introduce World War II to Children, Part 2: Books to Read

April 29, 2014 by The Learning Basket 4 Comments

Last week, we talked about how to teach young children about World War II. As usual, our main anchors were picture books. I chose Five in a Row (FIAR) books that are set in Europe, Japan, and the United States during World War II. I added related stories that are about a particular topic touched by each of the books, but not necessarily about the war. We read one book set in … [Read more...]