Matt Halpern3 minStorytelling: just as important as read aloud.Tell, not read. When I read Mindset for Learning a few years ago for the first time (it's one you'll revisit over and over again), the...
Matt Halpern3 min1st Grade Beginnings.Another sentimental post. The teacher I took over passed away a few months later and I still think about her and this class often. This...
Matt Halpern2 minJoining in dramatic play is critical.This post, from my time as a literacy coach, is sweet, but also sentimental to me because the children were in my kindergarten class the...