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And I really mean that. With all the reading I’ve done as a result of my daughter’s digestive illness and food allergy, I have no doubt that diet plays a much larger role in our health than many of us…
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Reading This Post Could Save Your Life
“We have overwhelming evidence that libraries work.” ~Stephen Krashen (author of The Power of Reading) When Martin Fletcher (@DrMarty01 on Twitter) passed along this link to a video Interview with Stephen Krashen, I figured I’d watch the first 5 minutes…
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The Stone in the Soup of Education
Some of us are too busy to cook, let alone think about tending a garden. Both of these activities can be time consuming, I admit
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Children’s Books to Help You Learn, Cook, and Grow With Your Child
Even though he had limited formal schooling, Lincoln figured out early on that he could learn so much from books and real life experiences. Ironically, those were the two things I found most lacking in our school system. There’s not much time for either of these things anymore, at least that’s what many teachers seem to believe.
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Abe Lincoln designed my dream classroom
“I don’t eat vegetables,” Oliver told Grandpa.
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The French Fry Lesson
I thought I would share our curriculum.
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Our Curriculum
When I first wrote the post, Circles of Literacy , a few months ago, I was thinking about the many different forms literacy disguises itself in. It grows with us from birth, and flows like a circle throughout our lives
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Circles of Literacy, Part 2
Flip Flops…check. A beach umbrella…check.
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Summer Reading Should Be Fun, Part 2
Did your tween ever come home from a sleepover talking about an R-rated movie a friend’s parent let them watch? It’s happened to me a few times over the past couple of years.
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The Question of YA Book-Based Movies
Welcome to National Library Week ! As someone who spends a lot of time seeking out great books online and offline, especially at the public library, I always appreciate it when I get a recommendation from a friend, a blogger, or a librarian. It makes my life so much easier! Most parents do not have much time to seek out a wide variety of children’s and YA books to present to their reluctant and/or picky readers
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Striking Gold at the School Library