My son curated the curated videos made for adults but great for kids at The Kid Should See This. I’m sharing 4 videos that I loved from this great newletter. The Washington Ballet’s Hardest Dance Moves If you had doubts that ballet is a sport, watch this video and be convinced! They are amazing athletes! Animated…
Month: September 2014
Non Fiction Picture Book of the Day GIVEWAY
I wanted to share some new non fiction picture books with you today. The thing about non fiction, in my humble opinion, is that it really does need to match the reader’s interest in a very specific way. I’ve picked books that I thought my kids would like and a few others that I like…
Visiting San Marino: Oldest Sovereign State in the World!
PickyKidPix desperately wanted to join her indoor soccer team on “trip of a lifetime” playing soccer in Italy with USA Premier Soccer so I used my hoarded stash of money from blogging to take her and Grasshopper and Sensei on a 10 day tour that covered: Como (Lake Como where George Clooney has a house….
10 Perfect Read Alouds for 4th Grade
Inside: Looking for chapter books to read aloud with your 4th grader? Take a look at our top picks for 4th grade read aloud books, sure to delight your child! Fourth grade at my elementary school marks a really interesting immigration unit that introduced my kids to their first group project experience. They learned, the…
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Hispanic American Books for Kids: Link Round Up
I’m part of the Multicultural Kid Blogs Hispanic Heritage celebration where the MKB bloggers are sharing different ideas to celebrate Hispanic Heritage with kids. There are now 52 million Hispanic families in the U.S. – making Hispanics the nation’s largest ethnic minority at 16.7% of the entire population. Almost 50% of Hispanic households have children…
Caught in the Act … of READING and Kid Lit Blog Hop
Thank you to everyone who has sent in a photo! Kids caught in the acting reading makes me very, very happy! How is summer reading going for you? If you send me a photo to pragmaticmomblog (at) gmail (dot) com, I’ll send you a book! (I’m sorry but I can only send books to the United…