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Bullying Prevention and Be A Famous Writer Contest!
I’m so excited to have Mrs. P of MrsP.com as my guest author today. Her passion is getting kids writing and she runs the very popular MrsP.com Be-a-Famous Writer Contest. Today, though, she’s here to talk about bullying prevention and the role that writing can play for kids. I hope you enjoy it! p.s. You can…
Sign Up for Multicultural Children’s Book Day and Kid Lit Blog Hop
We are so excited to announce our 2nd Multicultural Children’s Book Day January 27th, 2015 because we’ve added … Multicultural Children’s Book Day Blogger Co-Hosts We are excited to add our amazing Co-Hosts to help spread the word about diversity books for kids: Africa to America All Done Monkey The Educators’ Spin on It Growing Book by…
The Kid Should Really See This Part II
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 have doubts that ballet is a sport, watch this video and be convinced! They are amazing athletes! Animated…
Non Fiction Picture Book of the Day
I wanted to share some new nonfiction picture books with you today. The thing about nonfiction, 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 that I…
Visiting San Marino: Oldest Sovereign State in the World!
PickyKidPix desperately wanted to join her indoor soccer team on a “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 hard…