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3 Ways to Celebrate Pizza Day
Pizza Day is celebrated on February 9th to honor America’s favorite food! Check out these fun ways to celebrate America’s treasured treat.

4 Read-Aloud Strategies for Distraction Free Storytimes
Adapt our team of educators and librarians’ read-aloud strategies and you’ll soon see a distraction-free read aloud in no time!

8 Songs and Rhymes for Dynamic Storytimes
With storytime songs and rhymes, you can cover themes, sequencing, and more. So shake up your read-alouds with song and dance!

Last Stop on Market Street Activities for PreK-5
Students explore theme, vocabulary, figurative language, grammar, and story synthesis in the Last Stop on Market Street activities.

Dim Sum for Everyone Activities for PreK-1
Students practice writing and mathematics with Dim Sum for Everyone activities that continue the theme of the book.

February Read-Alouds Planned For You
Need to save some planning time? Here’s an interactive calendar that plans your February read-alouds for you!

Mix It Up: Inside the Soundscape
Go behind the soundscape to learn how Kyler Wilkins composed this incredibly fun a cappella soundscape for Mix It Up.

Just Ask Activities for Grades 1-5
Families and educators can help students explore community, inclusion, and individuality with Just Ask activities.

The Invisible Boy Activities for K-5
Through writing prompts, character analysis, and games, The Invisible Boy activities continue to teach students the importance of including others.

6 Read-Aloud Tips to Shake Up Your Storytime
Read-aloud helps kids develop early literacy skills and a love of reading. Try these read-aloud tips to get the most out of your storytime.

Say Something Activities for K-5
Through the Say Something activities students reflect on their words and actions and ways to use them to be an upstander.

I Am Every Good Thing Activities for 1st-5th
Use I Am Every Good Thing activities to engage little learners in identifying all the amazing ways they’ll make a difference in the world.
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