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Why Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect: Living Pine Branch Ornament

This month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids is featuring an assortment of Christmas books! Why Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect by Richard Schneider is one of my absolute favorites. It is a parable of sorts, about a tree named Small Pine who…

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Learning about Body Parts with Madeline

This month’s Virtual Book Club for Kids is featuring the book Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans. In all honesty, I cannot remember ever reading this book before now! If you haven’t had the pleasure of reading this book, it is about…

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Llama Llama Red Pajama Quilt Color Matching

This month’s book for the Virtual Book Club for Kids is Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney. We have read a few other Llama Llama books, but this specific book was new to us. As we read through the story, the one…

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Where the Wild Things Are Treats

We are teaming up with several of our blogging friends and participating in the Virtual Book Club for Kids this year! Each month we will share a beloved children’s book along with TONS of activities to do before, during, and after…

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Ten Apples Up on Top Fine Motor Activity

Our boys recently re-discovered the book Ten Apples Up on Top, as it had been misplaced for a couple years now! While reading it to them, I was reminded of when we made our own Ten Apples Up on Top model using an oatmeal…

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Personalized Character Alphabet Book

Little Brother is slightly character-obsessed. He loves characters from various cartoons/movies, so I wanted to put that “passion” to good use by helping to reinforce letter names and sounds by creating a character alphabet book for him. We don’t…

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Books about Grandparents

Our children are truly blessed with the world’s greatest grandparents. Both my parents and my husband’s parents are simply crazy about their grandkids. It brings us so much joy to see our parents love our children so intensely. Since we…

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Books about the Human Body

We are diving headfirst into learning about the human body this summer (just for fun)! After our blood demonstration, the boys are especially intrigued! Here are some of our favorite books about the human body as well as some that…

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Cancer Books For Kids

My heart is so very heavy as I write this. A friend of mine has a child recently diagnosed with cancer. It is a time of unfathomable pain and worry for the whole family. In times like this, where…

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Make a Rain Stick

Around this time every year, people around these parts start begging for rain. Whether it is to green up their browning yards, replenish their drooping crops, or simply to have a break from the stifling heat…a forecast that includes…

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Books about the Tough Stuff: Stranger Safety, Safe Touches, and How Babies Are Made

We live in an imperfect world. At times it even seems cruel and dangerous. As much as I want to raise my children to believe that every person is good and loving, unfortunately this is not the case. I…

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New Books!

Our local library is having their annual Scholastic Book Fair this week, so the boys and I picked up a few new books that were all so good, I just had to share! Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by…

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Books about Road Trips

Summer is the time for road trips. Hearing these two simple words together could elicit a wide variety of emotions, ranging from wonderful memories in the car as a family to a bit of anxiety as you remember listening…

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Books for Brand New Readers

Finding books with engaging content for brand new readers is tough. If you regularly read high-quality picture books aloud to your child, she can easily become frustrated with the simple storylines in easy readers that she reads herself. But…

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Books We’re Currently Reading

I don’t often post what books we’re reading. I always love a good book recommendation, so I thought I would share our current reading list for both the boys and for myself! Reading-Aloud to the Boys We read…

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9 Books that Say “I Love You”

Books are one of my favorite gifts to give my children–especially books that tell them just how much I love them. What better gift could there be to give this Valentines Day than a book that says “I love…

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I Can Teach My Child to Read eBook

I’ve been keeping a secret from you all for the last couple of months…I’ve been working tirelessly on a brand-new eBook titled I Can Teach My Child to Read: A 10-Step Guide for Parents. I am so excited to announce…

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“One is a Feast for Mouse” Read-Aloud & Relay

My friend Susan recently suggested this book to me and the boys have really enjoyed it! One is a Feast for Mouse is about a little mouse who finds himself a feast at the dinner table with the leftovers…

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