Nine Picture Books that Should Have Won Awards
Bear and the Three Goldilocks Written by Patrick Horne, illustrated by Dan Yaccarino Holiday House, 2025, 4–8 years A Book of Maps […]
How to Attend to God’s Will in Your Classroom: A Review of Biblical Integration Models for Education
Many evangelical Christians know very little about Biola University—a concerning fact, given that since its inception over one hundred years ago (est. […]
Off the Record: Four Favorite Middle Read Books According to Kids
Last week at the dinner table, my two kids, ages thirteen and fifteen, started talking about my daughter’s English Language Arts (ELA) […]
Teaching Early Literacy with Wherever I Go: Psalm 139 for Kids
As Christian adults, our great privilege is raising children to know that this spinning world of ours is upheld in the hands […]
Hope for the Anxious Generation: Engaging with Jonathan Haidt
If one book in the past year not explicitly about education has had an outsized effect on educational practice and policy, it […]
“Well, There’s Your Problem”: Diagnosing and Responding to Failure in the Classroom
A review of Alex Quigley’s Why Learning Fails (And What to Do About It) The first lesson I ever taught was a […]
The Resonant Moment: Teaching Poetry for Personal Connection
A Review of Word Made Fresh by Abram Van Engen, Eerdmans 2024 A master teacher and scholar, Abram Van Engen teaches poetry […]
Best of the Best: Excellent Reading Experiences across a Range of Eclectic Categories
Below are some of the best books out of the two hundred or so I read in 2024. When I teach children’s […]
From Picture Books to Page-Turners: Books for Every Young Reader
Picture Books Freedman, Deborah. Partly Cloudy. Viking Books for Young Readers, 2024. “What do you see when you look at the clouds?” […]
Understanding “The Other” and Ourselves: Using Memoir and Autobiography in Middle School and High School Classrooms
I love memoir and autobiography as a genre. Throughout my time as a reader, they have played a key role in helping […]