Bring a little sparkle to your holiday by flipping one card daily starting December 1st to reveal a new festive read aloud and an engaging activity that goes along with the book. Keep an eye out for giveaways you can enter all month long on our social media channels!
Promote whole classroom participation for read alouds. Link literacy learning to arts appreciation and listening/comprehension activities.
For early math students: Focus on categorizing, numeracy, and math language learning during listening/comprehension activities.
Dive into the musical and artistic elements of Novel Effect soundscapes. Participate in soundscape scavenger hunts and develop an understanding about the intersection of art and literacy.
Explore character motivation and development through audio representations in the story. Build SEL comprehension with discussion prompts and questions.
Use technology to focus on elements of stories where the themes are creation and science learning. Link STEAM elements to literacy learning through the use of tech and classroom read alouds.
Integrate sequencing, cooking, and daily routine activities as an extension to literacy learning. Create a connection to the home and community.
Guide Mei Ling, Teddies & Co. through the rooms of the toy factory maze.
Decode the words on the prayer flags that highlight instruments you hear while reading the book aloud.
Challenge students to recall events in the story and build on their knowledge of musical categories and genres.
Discuss our differences and celebrate our potential.
Explore setting and animal behavior through the use of auditory and visual information.
Create personal connections to story themes and characters.
Grab your listening ears and join in on our Soundscape Scavenger Hunt to sequence sounds and key events in the story.
Explore this story through the soundscape and Llama’s big emotions.
Introduce students to the arts and numeracy in this journey into an orchestra. Hear the music come to life via our instructional soundscape and teach students instrument families and sounds.
Encourage students to use instruments and create their own Novel Effect “soundscape” to this timeless alphabet favorite.
Students will understand the emotional life of the story’s character.
Students will attend to the story and listen for specific sounds.
Students will explore imagery and sounds in this classic winter favorite.
After reading the story, students will write out sound and music vocabulary words to create a Cat in the Hat craft.
Students will listen for musical and sound elements of the story and discuss character and setting.
Students will listen for Leprechaun mischief during the story and build a trap to catch him.
Reflect on the life and work of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a pioneer whose work has improved the lives of many in our country.
Students will explore the Cows World Tour locations in this activity, a collaboration with the book’s author, Jim Petipas.
Students will listen for and identify instruments from the soundscape and book in this activity, a collaboration with the book’s author, Jim Petipas.
Students will reflect on story themes in this colorful scrapbook activity with questions and puzzles.
Students will use sensory concepts to categorize text from the story.
Incorporate research and context when you learn about the presidents who occupied the spooktacular White House.
Research and reflect on the sights and sounds of the Civil Rights movement while learning about the zeitgeist of this American hero.
Perfect for election season, learn about the life and work of the First Ladies who helped shape our nation’s history.
Use this activity to support your reading practice as you explore rhyming sounds and word families.
Reflect on what makes a family tree and even make one of your own when you pair this activity with the read aloud.
Help children recognize and appreciate different family structures and navigate family conflict with this activity.
Help children identify feelings and practice coping mechanisms for dealing with difficult times.
