LitLinks: How to use nonfiction to help students explore cause and effect
Educators and parents can use nonfiction picture books such as Plight of the Pelican: How...
LitLinks: How to use conservation to invigorate student writing
Imagine a thriving wetland where a trash dump used to be. Now, picture a Canada...
LitLinks: How playing with existing ideas might lead to new ones
It’s easy to look at an invention—from one as simple as a paperclip to one...
LitLinks: How to create a sniffing map to explore our sense of smell
Seven, A Most Remarkable Pigeon celebrates a young pigeon who was different from the day...
LitLinks: Sound maps help kids focus on the sounds of nature
Birds Sing Their Words is the first in the nature-based Outside Our Window series of...
LitLinks: 4 easy steps to half birthday writing prompts for a whole lot of fun
It’s Half Birthday time! Actually, every day is someone’s Half Birthday, right? And if you...
LitLinks: An easy lesson to practice scientific observation skills
A big part of a scientist’s job is documenting their research and collecting data. Maude...
LitLinks: 3 easy ways civic role models can jump-start learning
In my Teen Librarian Toolbox article for SLJ co-authored with Jessica Stremer, we say, “Teens...
LitLinks: Easy, inspiring writing prompts direct from nature
The natural world is full of poetry and writing prompts! Beautiful, mysterious things can spark...
LitLinks: Did you know goats can teach children about homonyms?
Word play with homonyms KID & KID carefully chooses homonym-pairs of verbs to describe dual-yet-converging...
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