Incorporating a growth mindset in your elementary classroom, you will see students rise to the occasion. Reading picture books like, The Bad Seed by Jory Jon, and completing the book companion helps early elementary students understand about making mistakes and growing. The Word Collector by Peter Reynolds is a great read aloud to incorporate goal setting activities. I love having my early elementary students complete a New Year’s reflecting writing craft to reflect on their goals.

Celebrate some fun, silly, important, educational, and wacky holidays with this list of January read alouds perfect for the whole family!

Kick off the New Year in your classroom with these 10 Happy New Year's books for kids, which are my go-to picture books to read in January.

A collection of picture books for children about New Year's Day and New Year's Eve, including different traditions and New Year resolutions.

New year’s Read Alouds, Videos, and Lesson Ideas

Today, I am sharing 7 Must Have January Read Alouds that your students will love. You wil want to add to your classroom library!

With winter upon many of us, teachers are looking for fun winter read-alouds to add to their classrooms. Here are 15 winter read-alouds all teachers love!

Ruby’s Chinese New Year by Vickie Lee is a Chinese New Year read aloud for a holidays around the world unit, SEL lesson on friendship and gratitude and for teaching strategies like analyzing character, sequencing, main idea and quotation marks. This Clutter-Free Classroom post has lists of lesson ideas, recommendations for printable activities and worksheets and reading tips for first, second and third grade teachers using this picture book. Pair it with an anchor chart and you’ll be good to…

Discover 15 books about New Year's Resolutions for kids. These are ideal for also teaching goal setting, perseverance, and self-confidence.