Karl Beckstrand is a prolific author of children's books.  He has written 23 children's books and is always working on more.  Six of...

Sometimes when it's really quiet in the classroom and the students are working on an art project or craftivity, I like to play soft...

If you were to do a Google search for 'when natural hair violates dress code,' you would see article after article after article abo...

Similar to the way people in real life change over time, characters in books change too.  When early readers practice their reading skills, ...

What is it about poop that fascinates children?  Is it because talking and joking about poop irks some adults and gets a rise out of th...

Rhyming words is one of the first skills children learn as early readers.   Being able to rhyme words teaches children about how lang...

I need to lay something out there for everyone to see.  I am a HUGE advocate for keeping music education in our schools, so when the au...

Great Cape o' Colors... fully known as Great Cape o' Colors - Capa de colores ... is another fun book written in English and ...

The 2020 Presidential election is proving to be a historic event.  For the first time in American history, a woman of color is on the b...

The United States had its first reported case of coronavirus back in January 2020 and life has changed dramatically since then.  We...