We continue our year-long travels around the world our Family Dinner Book Club . It's a year of Around the World Family Dinner Book Club and our second stop is Colombia. We have lots of ideas to View Post

Jodie is a mom of two boys and early childhood and elementary educator. She loves to read and help caregivers nurture our youngest caregivers.

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We continue our year-long travels around the world our Family Dinner Book Club . It's a year of Around the World Family Dinner Book Club and our second stop is Colombia. We have lots of ideas to View Post

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Special memories are created when we read favorite books to our toddlers. Our kids all have their favorites. Those books tend to end up on a bookshelf or in a treasure chest awaiting the day that they View Post

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New readers need lots and lots of practice sounding out those cvc words. You know words like bat, dog, fix, and get. But, using flashcards and word lists to practice can be boring. Enter cvc word View Post

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Do you have kindergarteners at the beginning of their learning to read journey? Having a strong sense of phonemic awareness, which is a part of phonological awareness, is a big stepping stone on this View Post

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Preschoolers love to move and sing. That's why fingerplays are the perfect fit for young children. Keep reading for some awesome fingerplays for preschoolers ideas. Fingerplays are rhymes set View Post

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In high school, I had two foreign language choices- Spanish and French. Even though the French class got to make crepes, I chose Spanish class. I lasted three years and picked up some vocabulary. View Post

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Placing the needle on the vinyl of my 45, I’d cozy myself into the little rocking chair listening to The Brer Rabbit. Then, in grade school I progressed to books on tape. Popping in the View Post