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1,000 ways to improve your child’s literacy and ensure long-term success
What is the link between “Goodnight Moon” and academic excellence? Or how about “Green Eggs and Ham” and career success? The question may seem like a riddle, but the answer is no joke. Early childhood reading can have a lifelong … Continue reading
Posted in Children and Family, Reading
Tagged 1000 Books Before Kindergarten, family, kid lit, literacy, reading
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How you can change the world with a good deed and a bow tie
One year ago, I learned the story of 11-year-old Colin, an unlikely hero who is asking us to make the world a kinder place with good deeds and bow ties. The story goes like this: Last February, Colin’s mother Jennifer … Continue reading
Fun (and free!) children’s activity resources for parents, teachers
The F-word comes to mind when I brainstorm activities for kids that relate to SARAH & KATY AND THE IMAGINATION BLANKETS. If you’re thinking of a four-letter F-word that is inappropriate at school, you’re on the wrong blog. The one … Continue reading
Posted in Unplugged imagination
Tagged child activities, children, classroom, family, parenting, parents, teacher
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September is the perfect month for book lovers
When I first moved to Streator, I had a handful of chores at the DMV, post office, and with my bill companies to make myself an “official” resident. As far as the state government and the United States Postal Service … Continue reading
Do your children love to read? They need to visit this place
Imagination can turn the simplest of places into a playground. But at Bookworm Gardens in Sheboygan, Wis., not much imagination is needed to turn the storybook garden into an enchanted playground. My husband and I spent part of our week … Continue reading
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