Sliding in the Right Direction: Supporting Literacy at Home All Summer
10 greats ways to support literacy at home during summer
A Blog By Maria Dismondy
What can Empowering Kids with Character do for Teachers?
Maria goes live every other week, taking turns between her author Facebook page and her private Empowering Kids with Character Facebook group. On July 11th, Maria shared how Empowering Kids With Character can benefit teachers!You can watch the video here. What is...
Teachers – Save This One For A Fun Back-To-School Lesson!
Maria goes live every other week, taking turns between her author Facebook page and her private Empowering Kids with Character Facebook- group. On June 27th, Maria shared a lesson, for teachers, that you can save for back-to-school! You can watch the video here. Maria...
The Ins and Outs When Your Child Comes Out
IT CAN BE TOUGH TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CHILD OR LOVED ONE TELLS YOU THEY’RE LGBTQ. Especially if it catches you off guard. (Which, it likely will. Even if you had a hunch.) For starters, let’s cover the acronym: “LGBTQ” stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual,...
A Lesson Plan for YOUR CLASS from Dazzling Travis – Character Analysis
Maria goes live every other week, taking turns between her author Facebook page and her private Empowering Kids with Character Facebook group. For this one, she shares a lesson plan on character analysis from the book Dazzling Travis (by Hannah Carmona Dias). You can...
Dazzling Travis Lesson Plan
Every other week Maria brings lesson plans that you can use in the classroom, based off her own books. Today’s lesson plan was based off of the book Dazzling Travis, written by Hannah Carmona Dias, illustrated by Brenda Figueroa and published by Maria’s company...
Spaghetti Lesson For Your Classroom
Every other week Maria brings lesson plans that you can use in the classroom, based off her own books. Maria went live on her author page on April 18th and shared a great lesson plan that goes along with her book, Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun (also available in...
STEM Materials
Maria goes live every other week, answering your questions, in the Empowering Kids with Character Facebook group. For this one, she talks about the importance of incorporating STEM (or STEAM) into your children’s everyday life.
Teacher Edition – Teacher Lesson Plan on Character Traits!
Full STEM Ahead! Ways to Support STEM in Your Home
A WISE PERSON ONCE SAID, “IF THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER THEN STEM IS YOUR GEM.” Ok, nobody ever said that. (Let’s hope.) But STEM (an acronym for science, technology, engineering and mathematics) IS a gem of a concept packed with important education that kids need to...
Teacher Edition – Pink Tiara Cookies for Three Lesson Plan
Maria will be going live every other week in her author page, sharing lesson plans that teachers have created around her books. You can watch the video here. Today’s lesson was by Sarah of Mrs. B’s First Grade and is about one of Maria’s books, Pink Tiara Cookies for Three. This book is all about […]
Teacher Edition – Pink Tiara Cookies for Three Lesson Plan
Maria will be going live every other week in her author page, sharing lesson plans that teachers have created around her books. You can watch the video here. Today’s lesson was by Jen of Sparkling in Second Grade and is about one of Maria’s books, Pink Tiara Cookies for Three. This book is all about […]
Teacher Edition – Potato Chip Champ Lesson Plan
Maria will be going live every other week in her author page, sharing lesson plans that teachers have created around her books. You can watch the video here. Today’s lesson was by Chandra Dills (Teaching with Crayons and Curls) and is called Kindness Counts– which includes one of Maria’s books, The Potato Chip Champ. This […]
20 Terrific Books For Back-To-School
As a children's book author I believe in promoting literacy across all channels to get kids hooked on reading. We have curated a list of 20 Best Books to start the school year with. Head to your local library and check them out. Add them to your Amazon cart. Search...
Three Things Thursday!
Welcome to this quarter’s blog series, Three Things Thursday! I am here to share just THREE things that I am into right now to enhance my world as wife, mom and work from home business owner. Feel free to reach out at any time if you have any questions about the...
Educator Resources-Back to School Teacher’s Kit
Teachers-this is MY GIFT to you as you prepare to get back into the classroom this fall. The talented educator, Emily Yost has created back-to-school teaching guides for the following three books of mine: Chocolate Milk, Por Favor, The Potato Chip Champ and Pink Tiara...
Educator Resources-Lessons with Maria’s Books
I am grateful for the talented and generous educators out there who have created lessons that can be used in PreK-5 classrooms, centered around my children’s books. Here is a master list of them! Chocolate Milk, Por Favor...
Educator Resources-The Ultimate Character Book List
Click the image below to get the complete list 2017 Connections: Are you a parent or educator looking for an amazing place on Facebook to learn more about teaching children character traits? Click here to join our private Facebook group. If you want to know MORE about...
Hot Topics in Education-Tech Trends, Part 2
We all know how wonderful technology can be but at the same time, is it harming us? Check out this video. Then see what apps I use to help me focus and rules we have in our home to maintain some control with technology, 1. I use this app to help me focus: Forest 2....
Hot Topics in Education-Tech Trends, Part 1
Are you up to date on the current tech trends? I try to stay in the loop being that I am nearing forty and I don’t want to fall into the dark ages (for example, I still prefer to email than communicate through FB messenger!) Here’s a few trends for you to know about....
Hot Topics in Education-The Homework Debate
There are always a difference of opinions and this one dates back to when I was a kid (a very long time ago 🙂 ) Should children have homework and if so, how much? There is an old “10 minute rule” that states 10 minutes a day for every grade level (10 for first, 20...
Maria Dismondy Books-Official Fan Club
Our team has created a Fan Club just for you! Here's the scoop...children love to get mail. Maria believes in the old art of letter writing. So, we put the two together and created a Fan Club. Here's how it works. Visit the page with the Fan Club Application Print and...