Author D Passmore Books

978-0-473-46320-5 My new book with flashcards pages and teacher notes on the back pages. The back cover has the reversed view of letters for a teacher to use as a reference. Order book Here Air Writing is a fun way to use play-based learning.  It is simple and a low prep activity.  There is one important thing to remember when using air writing:   when you are facing another person,  the view will look reversed to them.   It is the mirror effect.  Your right will be their left. So as a teacher, when I am facing a student, and they ask how do I make a letter h? I need to remember to turn the h backward, so they see the correct view. For me: it is a big stick down then bump to the left.  For them:  they see a big stick down and it bumps to the right.  ( the correct way) It takes a little bit of extra thought before making the letters. One letter at a time is easy! But w...

If A Pig Could Paint Coming out in Hardcover soon! Softcover is already available  978-0-473-44305-4 Find it on Amazon today June 2018 Encouraging fun ways to paint with or without a brush. Look for my Painting  themed resources on: TPT Teachers Pay Teachers Shop Name- Pure Joy Teaching I am so very excited to say that this book received a  great review from the class of room 6.  A joyful little girl in the front row could see the pig was  hiding the paints in the hay bail picture.  The class did not think that the pig  would share the paints  with the other pets.     On one of the final pages,  there is a Pet Art Museum illustration.   Lots of voices all at once gave a  huge gasp and said “Wow!”    Then there were lots  of smaller voices commenting on which picture they  liked best in the Pet Art Museum. ...

978-0-473-43857-9 You can buy on amazon  When walruses want waffles, is a silly book imagining -  what walruses would do to get more of those wonderful waffles. Real walrus facts are listed in the back to add a bit of education to the silly fun. As a teacher, I like to make learning fun.   This book will fit well in a classroom that uses the letter of the week theme for W, or an arctic theme. Check out my teaching supplies for math: Teachers pay Teachers shop Download and make your own feed the walrus math game. Get downloaded game HERE. If you have a story about reading this  book to your classroom,  please feel free to send me a note  or pictures of your art.  Let me know how much fun the kids are having. walrusueswantwaffles@gmail.com & Have Pure Joy Teaching

978-0-473-40992-0 Find this book on Amazon Zebra counts down to Zoom, is a great way to add science into the classroom and  spark the love for learning by bringing more print-rich items into the classroom.       Kids love balloons.   Balloon rockets are rated high on the fun things to do list of rainy day activities. The book has colorful pictures, showing each step to make the rocket.   Then there is the colorful count down pages for young students to count along from 10 backward to Zero.   Then Zoom! I wrote this book for the classroom.   We needed more letter z books, for my letter of the week theme. This added a fun end of the year activity that the kids really loved.     There is counting, and science together with this book. Check out my Teachers Pay Teachers Shop Download Certificates for the students.   Make up your own contest for your classroom or group Bonus Rewar...

978-0-473-39804-0 you can buy the book on Amazon  This is my second book, written as a preschool teacher for the classroom.   It works well for anyone that is setting up themes like ocean or letter of the week teaching styles.   This book focuses on the eight arms of the octopus and the octagon shape. Counting the fish and starfish on each page.  Includes real facts about Octopuses. Make learning fun.  Free coloring sheet Go to my Teachers Pay Teacher Shop  to download this free coloring  sheet Count & Clip Cards Find these counting cards on TPT     Teachers Pay Teachers SHOP Pure Joy Teaching Ebook  softcover 

978-0-473-39803-3 you can find the book on  amazon  Eating the Alphabet with Alex the Alligator This first book of mine was written as a silly way to combine the print-rich classroom with preschool alphabet games.    We were already using the homemade alligator game to feed the alligator the alphabet soup.  That idea came from Pinterest.  This book created another visual link to the tactile game.  I have watched many children re-enact the story in the classroom after they are read the book.  It is easy to group all the items together in a basket and leave it for them to choose as a game.  Education can be play for them.   Mostly Healthy As a teacher and a mom,  I try to encourage healthy eating.  The pictures that I  put into the book are mostly healthy.    When it came to some letters like D, I decided to go with doughnut instead of date, because I wanted the kids to be able to asso...