Please welcome my guest blogger today, Catherine Ross of Kids Learning Games! There are plenty of websites that provide science news for kids. With the latest updates on research findings, cool inventions, and scientific expeditions in various fields, these websites provide scientific content that would interest kids in a manner that they can understand. Scientific…
Month: May 2014
Where Am I From? A loaded question?
After the brouhaha from Thoroughly Modern Millie, I feel like I am way more sensitive to racism and when I get asked “Where am I from?”, this video immediately comes to mind. So where am I from? Or where am I from … from?! I was born in Anaheim, California, not far from Disneyland. I grew…
Huge Board Book Giveaway: Kid Lit Giveaway Hop
I love the Kid Lit Giveaway Hops! It motivates me to do spring cleaning. Today, I am sharing and giving away a pile of adorable board books! If my kids were younger, I’d be selfish and keep them all for myself. What’s in Your Purse? by Abigail Samoun, illustrated by Nathalie Dion What could…
This is funny: The Mom Song to Celebrate All Moms!
Happy Mother’s Day! Hope you enjoy this viral video with the very funny mom song. I’ll bet you can relate to it! “The Mom” song, sung to the William Tell Overture, by Anita Renfroe. What a mom says in 24 hours, condensed into 2 minutes and 55 seconds! Hilarious and talented! Lyrics for “The Mom…
Happy Mother’s Day and Countdown in Style
Happy Sunday ladies! Happy Mother’s Day to all! I hope you’re having a wonderful and blessed day! We are looking for guest co-hosts! Feel free to fill out the form HERE to guest host! Welcome to Countdown in Style ~ Week {21}! Here are our favorites from Week 20: Have you ever been challenged to…
Overseas Travel Picture Book of the Day GIVEAWAY
Foreign travel is my theme today for Picture Book of the Day. I chose an Asian immigration wordless picture book as the Picture Book of the Day that captures the struggles of a young boy as he adjusts to a new country, a new language and making a new friends. Since four is an unlucky number in…
Contemporary Native Americans in KidLit and the Kid Lit Blog Hop
Since reading about Children of the Tipi: Life in the Buffalo Days by Michael Oren Fitzgerald and hearing pushback by Debbie Reese that contemporary life of Native Americans was not included, it got me thinking. While the premise of Children of the Tipi was to document life in the bygone buffalo days, she has a…