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April 2026 (65.4)

April 2026

Resource Issue

“To Read” Pile

Spring break is just around the corner as I write this, and I’ve been collecting books to take on my trip to [...]

Reel Teachers: Teacher Films as a Resource for Real Teachers

In what ways can reel teachers—teachers in movies and television shows—serve as a resource for the real teachers like us who show [...]

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

Wherever I Go: Psalm 139 for Kids, by Becky Cerling Powers, illustrated by Karen Vermeulen Flare Books, 2026 As Christian adults, our [...]

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 [...]

From Recitation to Relationship: Teaching the Land Acknowledgement in Primary Grades

The reciting of the board-­mandated, Indigenous-­informed land acknowledgement was and continues to be a part of the morning routine at the start [...]

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. [...]