Connie McCarthy is passionate about her work as a teacher of young children. She has devoted her entire career to making sure that her students do well at school, right from the start. Connie has an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education, and a Master’s Degree in Special Education. She has been teaching first grade in East Providence, R.I. for 23 years, where she received the distinction of “Highly Qualified Teacher” by the Rhode Island State Board of Regents. Connie also taught nursery school for four years, and published numerous articles on early education in East Bay Newspapers in Bristol, R.I. She’s also been published in PTO Today Magazine. She lives with her husband, Brian, and has a daughter and a son, both young adults. Connie enjoys reading, writing about elementary education, and taking long walks with friends. During summer vacations, she likes to travel with her husband. She also loves reading readers’ comments on her weekly blog posts.
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Of course, the way I learned what knights in armor, cowgirls, circus clowns, dinosaurs and skyscrapers were exactly, was from picture books as well as my parents' magazines and newspapers. Whatever I didn't know, I looked up in a dictionary, like "lynx"one day!
Of course, some books need pictures. Remember "The Color Kittens"? Since today's childrens' first books have pictures, and books are losing their allure in favor of learning on the internet, it is wise and wonderful to maximize the pleasure of a book with these exercises.
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