Category Archives: videos

Celebrate Women’s History Month in the Classroom!

Extras, Resources for Teachers and Librarians, She Spoke, She Spoke Too, videos

Since 1987, March has been designated as Women’s History Month in the United States of America.

Check out the She Spoke series to learn about amazing women who fought for change–and hear their inspiring words, in their own voices, with the touch of a button. Click on the image below to learn more about the books, and on the links below for lots of resources to help you share these books in the classroom.

She Spoke  She Spoke Too cover

She Spoke Word Search (printable .pdf)  |  She Spoke Word Search answer key (printable .pdf)

Speak Up! Listen Up!: Using She Spoke in the Classroom: guest post at Pencil Tips: Writing Workshop Strategies from Children’s Authors and Illustrators

She Spoke Pinterest board – More links, clips, and recordings of the amazing women profiled in the book and more heroines you should know.

She Spoke Too: Amplifying Voices of Change (Familius Podcast)

She Spoke Too Word Search (printable .pdf)  |  She Spoke Too Word Search answer key (printable .pdf)

Free Resources for Read Captions Across America Day

American Sign Language, Resources for Teachers and Librarians, The Runaway Shirt, videos

March 2 is Read Across America Day – and it’s also Read Captions Across America Day!

Read Captions Across America poster. Cartoon drawing of five children wearing top hats with red and white stripes. One is holding a tablet with captions enabled.

Led by the Described and Captioned Media Program, Read Captions Across America (RCAA) is held in conjunction with the National Education Association’s (NEA) Read Across America event every year on or around March 2.

The purpose of Read Captions Across America is to raise awareness—particularly among children and their parents and teachers—that video-based media can be just as effective at encouraging and fostering reading skills as books, as long as captions are always turned on!

Captions aren’t just for deaf and hard-of-hearing people! Studies show that captions benefit almost everyone, including beginning readers, people with learning disabilities, and English language learners! 

Get your FREE Read Captions Across America toolkit, including activity ideas, posters, bookmarks, and certificates here.

Celebrate Read Captions Across America Day with these captioned storytimes with Kathy MacMillan!

The Runaway Shirt Storytime with Kathy MacMillan and art demo with Julia Castaño

Nita’s First Signs/Nita’s Day Storytime with Kathy MacMillan

Nita’s Food Signs Storytime with Kathy MacMillan

Q and A with the author and illustrator of THE RUNAWAY SHIRT

On Publishing, On Writing, picture books, Resources for Teachers and Librarians, The Runaway Shirt, videos

Congratulations to Claire Freeland, winner of the giveaway of signed copy of THE RUNAWAY SHIRT! Find out more about the book and get your copy at https://tinyurl.com/runawayshirt

 

On September 1, 2020, illustrator Julia Castaño shared a storytime and art demo on Facebook, then had a conversation about making picture books.  If you missed them, you can still check them out below! (Both videos have closed captions available.)

THE RUNAWAY SHIRT Storytime and Art Demo

Q&A with the author and illustrator of THE RUNAWAY SHIRT

 

Order The Runaway Shirt now!

 

 

 

New Little Hands Signing Video: Roll the Ball

American Sign Language, Little Hands Signing series, Nita's First Signs, videos

In Nita’s First Signs, Nita loves to play with her colorful ball! Here’s a followup song to sign with young children using American Sign Language to introduce and reinforce manners signs and turn-taking.

Roll the Ball: A Song to Sign

This is the latest entry in my Little Hands Signing video series. See the whole series here and look for more videos to come!