Mining Emotion to Bring History to Life by Andrea J. Loney

Read today’s instructive and fascinating re-blog and find out why the author says this:

“Once we take history into our own hearts and minds, it can become a part of us and a part of our own stories.”

Nerdy Book Club

For the past few years, I’ve spent one Saturday each month reading to second graders. We sit in a circle on the colorful classroom rug, share stories about our lives, read a picture book chosen by their teachers, share how the book relates to our own lives, and then we make crafts...