The Daily Barker
Teaching Tip: Visualizing
This week on Minna and the Canine Club's Teaching Tip Tuesday, we are once again looking at reading strategies! Visualizing while reading is so important! This means that as children read their books, they can "make a movie" in their mind using the words they read....
Teaching Tip: Making Connections
Minna and the Canine Club's Teaching Tip: For the next several weeks, let's focus on reading strategies that improve student reading. This week, the focus is MAKING CONNECTIONS! It is so important for kids to be able to make connections while they read. These...
Teaching Tip: Start a Book Club
Minna and the Canine Club's Teaching Tip Tuesday: It is summer which means it is the perfect time to start a book club with your child! Even reluctant readers will enjoy picking out a book with family or friends, grabbing some book club snacks and digging in! Here are...
Teaching Tip: Find a Book Series
Get your kids, especially reluctant readers, hooked on a series! If a child gets invested in a character, they will want to read more about them. This will lead them to checking out the second book and beyond! This tip works like a charm, and has not yet failed, even...
Teaching Tip: Visit National Parks, Historical Sites and Monuments
Today's Teaching Tip is all about making reading FUN for kids (and adults!). One way we have found to make reading extra exciting is pairing it with an activity. Our favorite summer activity is visiting National Parks! This National Park Passport is your guide to all...
Teaching Tip: Christmas Writing
This time of year kids all over are a bit...squirrely. Everyone is excited for Christmas and not really thinking about school. BUT, "When I was Young in the Mountains" is one of our favorite books to read to kids at this time of year. It is a beautiful story that kids...
Welcome!
Hello and welcome to Minna and the Canine Club’s blog! We are so glad you are here.
We believe that every child is a hero, and it is our hope is that our blog posts about our favorite dog characters (Minna, Blue, Maggie, and Clancy) will inspire kids and adults alike to be the best they can be. We love our dogs and we love books, so please join us in this adventure as we share some teaching tips and ideas, Minna’s recommended library books, Maggie’s Monday Message, Courage from Blue, and of course, Clancy’s favorite recipes for kids.
As Minna and the Canine Club would say, “Tails up, it’s time for an adventure!”
-Whimsical Writers
