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Teaching Your Kids How to Treat Books

Guest Post by Jodie of Growing Book by Book Whether we have your own personal library or we utilize the public library, we want our kids to treat the books with respect. Teaching kids to respect books can be fun…

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Children’s Books About Heaven

My heart is heavy as I write this post. Oh, how I wish we lived in a world where innocent children didn’t have to know the pain of losing a loved one! Sadly, the reality is that most children…

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Book Club for Moms: Week 2

Our assignment last week was to read Chapters 4, 5 & 6. The farther along I get into this book, the more these two things come to mind: (1): Most of the examples she gives are beyond the capabilities of…

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Book Club for Moms: Week 1

Phew! Did you get all your reading done this week??? I did…but just barely! Three chapters in one week was A LOT (especially with all the craziness we’ve had going on around our house this week)! Chapter 1: Beds & Clutter…

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Book Club for Moms: Introductory Chapter

I really enjoyed the Introduction chapter of Cleaning House: A Mom’s 12-Month Experiment to Rid Her Home of Youth Entitlement. I felt like it gave me a window into the author’s home, letting me get acquainted with her and her family…

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Books about the Olympics

Believe it or not, it is difficult to find books about the Olympics that are age-appropriate for young children! Between visiting the library, ordering one on Amazon, and checking out Barnes & Noble…I was able to find a few to…

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Book Picks of the Week

The boys and I had fun getting to share our favorite books with you last week, so we thought we would make a habit of it (at least for the summer). Here are our book picks for this week (fyi:…

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Book Picks of the Week

We’ve been reading a TON lately, mostly due to Big Brother’s desire to fill up his Summer Reading Sheet from our local library. For every 10 minutes a child reads (or is read to), he/she gets to color in one…

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Children’s Literature: Caldecott Winners from the Past 15 Years

After sharing my tips for choosing a good children’s book last week, I thought I would introduce you to the Caldecott Award. If you’ve been around Children’s Literature at all, you’ve probably heard books referred to as “Caldecott Winners” or…

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Children’s Literature: How to Find a Good Book

We’ve all been there…we walk into the Children’s Section of a bookstore or library and are completely bombarded with thousands of books. How in the world are we supposed to choose a good book for our children? What defines…

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Green Eggs…and blueberries?

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!!! You are 108 today! Big Brother woke up with a fever this morning (again) and he was so bummed he missed his Pajama Party with green eggs and ham. I tried to console him by…

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The ’15 Minutes Outside’ Challenge

I just started reading 15 Minutes Outside by Rebecca P. Cohen. I planned on doing a book review but instead, I’m turning it into a challenge…for myself and for whomever else would like to join in! The challenge is this:…

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One of my New Favorite Christmas Books!

On a whim, I picked up Song of the Stars at our local Christian bookstore yesterday. It is written by Sally Lloyd-Jones, the same author as The Jesus Storybook Bible (our very favorite children’s Bible), so I knew I would love…

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10 Steps to Teaching Your Child to Read

As a former first grade teacher, teaching children to read is one of my greatest passions! But because most children don’t start actually “reading” until around 6 years old (which is upwards of the targeted age range for my…

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Books on Fire and Firefighters

Here are some of our favorite books on fire and firefighters. Firefighters A to Z by Chris L. Demarest This book is one of our favorite alphabet books! Not only does it rhyme and have beautiful illustrations, it also introduces…

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Build A Monster!

Go Away, Big Green Monster has been one of our favorite books to read lately! This is a wonderful book for young children because it is repetitive and has a predictable pattern (as is Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You…

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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library recently came to our community! If you’re not familiar with this, it is basically a program that provides each child in your family a free book (mailed to your home) each month until their 5th birthday….

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‘Are You My Mother’ Sensory Tub

After our Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Sensory Tub, I thought it would be fun to do more sensory tubs inspired by some of our favorite children’s books! The Are You My Mother? Board Book is one of Little Brother’s…

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