Tag: books
How to Help Your Kids Learn to Love Books at All...
Who doesn’t want their kids to love books?
Right now, my 18 month old daughter is a champ at reading board books over and over...
Required Reading for Strong Girls: Books She’ll Love
(Co-authored with my very own strong girls, my 10 year-old daughter, Nell, and my 7 year-old, Libby)
In honor of Women’s History Month, (this is...
Amazing Picture Books that Teach Kids About Emotions
There are so many books out there for younger children that help to teach about emotions. Happy, angry, sad, and mad... we can begin...
Reading Aloud to Our Preschooler: Adventures in Chapter Books
When my husband went back to work after the birth of our second child, I began to wonder whose idea this whole ‘second child...
Our Favorite Kid Friendly Podcasts
Thanks to a "Mom University" held by our local MOPS, my family has gotten into listening to kid friendly podcasts most of the time...
Books that Break Gender Stereotype, Part I
It happened again the other day.
I was in my classroom and my kiddos had just returned from art or music, or someplace else outside...
Summer Reading
It's almost summer, and you may be thinking of things like vacation, gardening, flip flops, or increased burglaries... or summer reading? You have probably...
Choose Your Own Adventure: Parenting Edition
Parenting is a series of choices.
Your basic job as the person raising this child is to make the initial decisions that will chart the...
My Favorite Kids Books for Littles
I am a bookworm.
As soon as I could read, I discovered a rich fantasy that I never wanted to abandon. Books contain my favorite places,...
A Book Club For Everyone
What are you reading in your Book Club?
My Book Club isn't reading an actual book. I know, I know. Why a Book Club with...
Three (Non-Parenting) Books That Made Me A Better Mom
Mama Confession: I hate parenting books.
Sure, I’ll read them, occasionally benefit from advice the authors work so hard to share with me. I respect...
10 Favorite Children’s Books
There is something about children's literature that is so magical. I have great memories of the summer reading program at my local library and...
A Cheap Escape: Reading!
I know being a parent leaves less time to do things you did before you had kids. One of my favorite things to do...
Shop VT 2013: Your Local Holiday Gift Guide Day Two
It's day 2 of our local holiday gift guide, Shop VT 2013, and today we are bringing you gifts for the expectant mom and...