I Published Two Children’s Books Last Week!

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My First Two Books!

For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to write children’s books. As a teacher, I think this is always on your “bucket list” just because you spend sooo much time with children’s literature. And as a mom, I’m always looking for cheap Kindle books that my kids will enjoy. I thought finding… [Continue Reading]

BookAdventure.com – Motivate Your Child to Read

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BookAdventure.com

Last night I was thinking about what I could do to motivate Connor to read more. He tends to give me fits (because he has to set down his Legos to focus on a book). Then I remembered a cool FREE site I used when I was teaching. BookAdventure.com BookAdventure.com is a free site that… [Continue Reading]

30 Days of Fun – Preschool #11

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Today Mommy needs a break from all the creativity! It’s hard work! ;P Let’s take some time to honor the great Maurice Sendak who passed this week. I wouldn’t hesitate to say that probably his most famous book was Where the Wild Things Are. In this book the little boy, Max, gets in trouble and… [Continue Reading]

Charlie the Ranch Dog

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The boys and I decided to stop at Barnes & Noble this morning to see what we could find. As soon as we walked in, we found Mickey Mouse and Dora books with 12 little figures attached to them.  The boys had to have them. Then we headed to the children’s section to read some… [Continue Reading]

Kevin Henkes

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When I taught First Grade I loved to do Author Studies with the kids. It really helps the students to make text to text connections (In this book the character/author does this, but in this other book the character/author does that.) and it also helps with learning the craft of writing. One of my favorite… [Continue Reading]

My Seizure Dog

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http://www.amazon.com/My-Seizure-Dog-Evan-Moss/dp/1463566719/ref=azss_360304542_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-4&pf_rd_r=030PWK33Q4302RGBMPK9&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_p=1361420002&pf_rd_i=1000776771

While I was looking at Amazon.com today to see what was new in the world of books, I came across this little book. The Author, Evan Moss, is a 7 year old little boy who suffers from seizures. He has them in his sleep and must be constantly monitored so he sleeps in bed with… [Continue Reading]