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© Dawn R. Morris (as are all photos on this blog, except ones marked iStockphoto) How’s your summer going? Mine has been kind of like this field of wildflowers.
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My Bee-tiful Days of Summer
I took my almost 5 year old daughter to see Winnie the Pooh on Saturday, and I have to admit, I had my reservations. My daughter is a big fan of the recent show, My Friends Tigger and Pooh , with Darby being her favorite character. I wasn’t sure how she would feel about the reserved, Christopher Robin, replacing the charismatic, Darby
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Hip Hip Poohray!
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that I strongly believe that exposing your child to a wide variety of reading material is essential to the development of morals, values, critical thinking skills, and cultural understanding. It’s the one way children can learn about themselves, others, and the world around them without leaving their homes, other than talking about current events with their families, teachers, and peers. Well, after half of my religion class argued that they didn’t see any point in reading anything other than Facebook last year, and seeing how children interact these days, I’m pretty sure that a large percentage of students are not reading books other than the ones assigned in class.
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Books Against Bullies
We went out yesterday, sick children in tow and $25 in pocket to try to find a coat for Princess Snifflefritz. It is getting colder here and Princess Magpie was this age in the summer, so we have no coats to pass down.
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I LOVE a great deal
When GreenGuy found out that a favorite author, Tim Green, had not one, but two new books out, we had to drop everything and go get them! I’m always happy to see my see my son reading and enjoying his books because as I’ve said before, he’s such a positive role model. Rivals: A Baseball Great Novel (Baseball Greats), by Tim Green was at the library
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More Fun Sports-Related Reads for Tween/Young Teen Boys
My daughter and I have been playing around with salads this summer. This one has organic mixed greens, black olives, mango, walnuts, and a splash of extra virgin olive oil and red wine vinegar. Aside from cutting the mango, it was easy to make.
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If every school had a salad bar…
As children start to head back to school, I wonder how many of them saved up some money this summer. I saw a few lemonade stands, which always bring me back to the time when I was a child. My lemonade stand was actually a homemade cookie stand! Lemonade stands are a symbol of the American dream
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Learning with Lemonade
Dolphins off of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina ©Dawn Riccardi Morris Yes, we were this close to the dolphins on a raft last week at Hilton Head Island! A couple of days later, we went kayaking in the bay and saw dolphins again. They didn’t come as close that time, but it was a thrill to see. We learned that dolphins fight off a shark by working as a team to scare it off.
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From Dolphins to Sand Dollars
“Life is always a rich and steady time when you are waiting for something to happen or to hatch.” ~E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web With words like these, how could anyone ever say that children’s books are only for children?
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Spinning a Web of Literacy
I haven’t updated you about my own children’s reading selections in a while, so I thought I’d change it up over the next couple of posts to give you an update. Someone asked me if I ever ran out of things to write about.
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Boy Lost in a Book Again!