Teacher Book Picks-St. Patrick’s Day Edition

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So Valentine’s Day is over and as we take down all the red and white and pink let’s throw up some green with gold glitter!

I’d love to start a new series of posts on teacher book picks. As a parent I’m always looking for fun and appropriate books for Row to read and as a teacher I was always looking for books that matched teaching objectives. I have collected-wait for it, wait for it…..a little over 3,000 children’s book since becoming a teacher and yes we still have all of them. Most are in the attic but a bunch are in the house too.

Let’s start with some fun St.Patrick’s Day books. I will include links as well. I find that Amazon generally has the best deals but I have gotten many books from resale shops as well.

 

The Night Before St. Patrick’s Day

This is a super cute series of books based on The Night Before Christmas poem. You can find a similar book for tons of holidays and I adore them!

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The Gail Gibbons books are most suitable for children who are in Kindergarten and up or for those littles who love to research. Gibbons has a knack for writing non-fiction books in a kid friendly way with great illustrations. Honestly all of her books are super interesting.

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Perfect for those toddlers! Touch and feel board books are perfect for Row. She loves the sensory part. I love the hard to rip board part and I can’t stress this enough books with few words are so important for toddler aged children. Sometimes we overwhelm children with too much too fast. This is a great way for children to explore “reading” and become confident with book knowledge.

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I love a sing along book! This book follows the widely know I Know an Old Lady song. You can also find many variations of this book. Books that feature songs are fun ways to introduce predictable texts to children. Oh and it’s so cute!

I hope this gives you a few more books for your at home library. Do you have nay books you love? I would love to know!!! You know I need more books!

 

For the Love of Matilda Jane

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So you may notice me mention Matilda Jane several hundred times on our blog. What is it? Or rather who is it? Matilda Jane is a clothing line for girls 3M-12 and women. It is ALL Row lives in-except for jammies, and yes we have a pair of those too.

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Noel Top-can be reversed as a jacket!

I first heard of Matilda Jane through a friend and briefly went on their website to take a peek. The good news is they were having a sale. The bad news was they were having a sale. I was hooked! I decided to buy one coordinating outfit for our family pictures.

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Picture Taken by Snapped with Love

Then our Matilda Jane arrived. I have never been more blown away by the quality and character of children’s clothing. Now we live in the south so boutique clothing on children is nothing new. But this stuff was amazing. It made my little girl look well…like a little girl and it was comfortable.

Coupon in like a pro

 

Over the past two years we have slowly become what is known as Matilda Jane addicts. Matilda Jane is sold through trunk shows. Sort of like a tupperware party at your house. Grandma and I went to a few-she may be worse than I am. Finally we took the plunge and I decided to become a Jane or hostess and start hosting parties at our home.

Sadly I myself am now addicted to their Mama wear! Most comfortable clothing ever. So if you’re ever wondering what Row is wearing-it’s Matilda Jane. Helpful hint-I always try to write at the bottom of the post what she’s wearing should you want to find the pieces. Why? Someone did this on their site and I loved it-oh so helpful.

Have questions about ordering,sizing, matching-post in the comments! I’m so happy to help. Matilda Jane is my hobby-while I’m still allowed to pick out the clothes over here! I will post when releases/new things come out and readers are always welcome to order through my show.