MaryAnne of MamaSmiles turned me on to this gratitude challenge: Today I’m joining a group of bloggers who are uniting to blog about 50 Happy Things for 2015 – and we would love for you to join us! If you’d like to join in, here’s how it works: set a timer for 10 minutes; timing…
Staying Alive: Heart Attack and Living Forever?
Yoga is just as good as aerobics, cycling and walking for cutting the risk of heart disease. The Daily Telegraph Every minute, one person in the U.S. is diagnosed with heart failure – nearly 6MM Americans total. My friend had a heart attack last week. Luckily, he self-diagnosed himself correctly when the heart attack occurred and went to…
Really Cool Science Videos for Your Kids Curated by My Son
My son and I watched dozens of videos from The Kid Should See This to find our four favorites: Watch how plants explode their seeds. If you play soccer or basketball, you’ll love this video on backspin called the Magnus Effect. I want a tree liks this: a tree with forty kinds of fruit! It’s…
7 Great NEW Diversity Easy Readers
I’m thrilled to be judging first round Easy Readers and Early Chapter books for the Cybils! I’m joined by Katie Fitzgerald of Story Time Secrets, Jennifer Wharton of Library Thing, and Jean Little Library, Juliana Lee of Juliana Lee: Crafting Stories, Susan Murray of From Tots to Teens. The Easy Reader genre was my biggest challenge to find…
Diversity Picture Books for 8th Grade
PickyKidPix is now in 8th grade but only less than halfway through. She tells me that her curriculum covers Colonial America, the Industrial Revolution in science, American Revolution, Civil War, the French and Indian War, Constitution, and Racism. I’m creating multicultural picture book lists for middle school in hopes of helping teachers cover their curriculum….
Winter Holiday Picture Books Giveaway & Kid Lit Blog Hop
The Kid Lit Blog Hop is now monthly! To celebrate the holidays in December, I’ve picked out five new picture books to share and I’m giving them away to five different winners. The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg Can you believe that it’s been thirty years since The Polar Express was published?! This story about…
Diversity Picture Books for 7th Grade
Our 7th grade curriculum includes the rise of civilizations, early humans, Ancient Rome, Ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, and Ancient Egypt. The science curriculum is focused on biology. What multicultural picture books should I add to this list? Thanks for sharing! p.s. Here are all the books in this series: Diversity Picture Books for 4th Grade Diversity…