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January 2012 - Posts
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I am so excited to be a part of the heart project, a collaborative project to raise money for the American Heart Association. There are more than 70 bloggers who have teamed up to provide a beautiful ebook of heart projects in order to raise money for Read More...
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Jake's 100th Day of School Lester Laminack is one of my favorite 100th day of school books! Jake's class is celebrating the 100th day of school. Everyone in the class is bringing a collection of 100 favorite things. Jake creates a book of 100 memories. Read More...
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Last week I participated in a PBS twitter party about the PBS Stem Challenge. It was a great learning experience for me. There were amazing conversations about games and kids and education. About halfway through, I noticed someone tweeting as @theberenstains. Read More...
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I Love You More by Laura Duksta is a New York Times Bestseller. It's a heartwarming story of a mother and son. This flip side book can be read from front to back or back to front as it shares back and forth the love a mother has for her son and the love Read More...
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I don't get many chances to do pink, princess, or pretty around this house of all boys. I also have, at the moment, a handful of nephews! Fortunately, my sister is in the process of adoption and this time... It's A Girl!! Because I want to be the best Read More...
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Celebrating Chinese New Year is a great way to introduce your child to a variety of cultures. This year, we are celebrating with a poem, a puppet, and some tasty Chinese food! This week we read the poem, "Dragon, Dragon".( I used this poem when I was Read More...
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There are 793 million people who are illiterate As someone who has been given the gift of literacy, this concerns me. Today we honor a man who fought against social injustices. We honor a man who saw the opportunity to fight for equality and fought with Read More...
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What if the three little pigs had not been limited to straw, sticks and bricks? What if the porkers had access to solar panels? What if the story of Little Red Riding Hood hadn't been limited to a red hood, a wolf, or a grandma? What if a common household Read More...
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Last spring, I shared a fun way to determine a child's background knowledge of classic fairy tales by creating prop baskets. With Beauty and the Beast being released in 3D on January 13th, I thought I should update my prop baskets to include this famous Read More...
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A recent article in the Huff Post about math skills caught this reading blogger's attention. According to the article Kindergarten: Math Skills Prove Key to Later Academic Success, Researchers Say by Elenor Yang Su, the amount of math learned in kindergarten Read More...
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One of my all time favorite Disney movies is Beauty and the Beast. It is returning to theaters in 3D this January 13th! Logan and I had a chance to sneak a peek at the movie today. It brought back so many fond memories. At times I was tempted to sing Read More...
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Today is the wrap up of my Best books of 2011. Today I am sharing the number 1 favorite book in my house. This was the book that was published in 2011 that my boys have requested, and even fought over, the most! So... drum roll please... our #1 pick is: Read More...
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Time to Eat by Steve Jenkins and Robin Page is a nonfiction book covering a variety of animals and what they eat. It may not sound that exciting to the average reader to read short informational paragraphs about animals' dietary habits. When you throw Read More...
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Follow the Line To School by Laura Ljungkvist. Follow a line as it weaves left to right across a page, highlighting letters, words, and numbers as it goes. This book is a wonderful artistic introduction to a full day at school. The artwork is gorgeous. Read More...
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Farmyard Beat Farmyard Beat by Lindsay Craig, Illustrated by Marc Brown is rhyming recollection of bedtime in a barnyard. The animal are having trouble sleeping. They would rather be dancing to "that beat". With a repetative, almost singable rhythm and Read More...
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I am over halfway through sharing my favorite picture books of 2011. These are the new books that are most requested at bedtime or storytimes in my house. <A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?rt=tf_cw&ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fresere-20%2F8010%2F2dd498df-da5d-488a-b1d0-0508361246c2&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Read More...
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This week I am continuing our countdown of my boys' favorite books of 2011. My guys are (almost) 2 and 3.5. Today's book is a perfect fit for the toddler/preschool crowd! It's also a book by one of my favorite authors. Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes Read More...
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