The kids and I read about this on our New-o-matic app (a great place for kids to read at-their-level (there are three levels) articles about what’s going on in the world. With the push in common core toward non-fiction text (an important push, in my opinion), News-o-matic is a nice way get your kids accustomed to reading news articles. There is also a “read” to me function (great for my son!), AND most articles are available in other languages. Right now we’re reading one a day in Spanish and discussing it to start our “Hora de español.”
Anyway, back to what we read about on News-o-matic. Evidently Mo Willems is doing a Daily Doodle on the Kennedy Center site! I HEART Mo Willems so much. I love all the Piggie and Gerald books (most are also in SPANISH!) and all the Pidgeon books too. I’ve seen him do kids shows live a few times for SF Sketchfest, which just cemented my love for him. We’ve only watched one of these but the kids loved it (even my 9yo daughter). I definitely appreciate a fun, creative, break during the day. And if you can’t catch the live stream they post them later.
Thank you. For who you are and the gift you are.