Building Connections: A Book Collection Curated by Free Spirit Publishing

Teachers need easy-to-implement, meaningful, and creative teaching materials to teach important life skills, such as self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.

This new literacy-based product seamlessly integrates these skills, taking complex concepts and making them actionable in 15- to 20-minute learning sessions.

Filled with Teacher Created Materials’ imprint Free Spirit Publishing’s read-aloud picture books, this resource gives teachers the tools they need to nurture the hearts and minds of their students.

• • Twelve single copies of captivating and beautifully illustrated picture books that activate students’ love of reading through a focus on shared experiences
  • A thoughtfully curated collection of books that explores essential topics and cultivates reading and writing skills with research-based read-aloud activities
  • Best practices for integrating life skills concepts with collaborative listening and speaking activities to maximise learning time
  • Opportunities to promote critical and creative thinking through easy-to-implement, teacher-led literacy activities
  • More than 80 activities that help students form meaningful connections to the texts
  • Digital resources that include all student and teacher materials, plus read-along eBooks, audio files, family engagement letters, and fillable student pages to make planning and instruction more flexible

Student materials:

More than 80 activities to help students form meaningful connections to the texts, including:

• • activities for the five essential social skills
  • standards-based reading comprehension activities
  • literacy-based student pages to be used with any of the books

Teacher materials:

A thoughtfully curated collection of books that explores essential topics. Pair the books with our helpful teacher’s guide, which contains research-based approaches to literacy instruction, including best practices for creating interactive and engaging read-aloud experiences, partnering strategies, and meaningful activities to maximise learning time.

Digital resources:

Digital resources include all student and teacher materials, plus read-along eBooks, audio files, family engagement letters, and fillable student pages to make planning and instruction more flexible