Books and Giggles
children’s books and book extension activities
Realizing you can skip pages or parts of pages when you read aloud to your little kids is liberating, even if you do feel a little deceitful about it. There’s really no reason to feel guilty. In our house, we did plenty of book shortening until the kids got old enough to catch on to…
Are you still with me? Did you read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series? Without further introduction, here are the final three mistakes that I am doing differently the second time around. Mistake #5 – Reading a 20-book series aloud One thing I know I did right was continue reading aloud even after my son…
This is Part Two of a Three Part series. Be sure to check out Rookie Mom Reading Mistakes Part One if you missed it. I hated not knowing what type of reader my son would turn out to be. It was really hard standing there with him at age four looking up at age 7 or 8….
This post is the first in a three part series. You know what teachers have that parents don’t? Do-overs. There aren’t nearly as many do overs in parenting. When I taught sixth grade Reading and Social Studies I loved being able to revise lessons on the fly. When something didn’t work with the first class, I could…
You know when your kid finds a book that they want you to read over and over? Recently, one of my 5-year-old twins latched onto the book Tiptoe Joe by Ginger Foglesong Gibson. I totally haven’t minded. When a book opens with a cute rhyme like “Tiptoe fast, tiptoe slow. Say hello to Tiptoe Joe” across three…
Last week I walked into the kitchen and caught my 5-year old working hard to read the label on a little crate of oranges. I can’t tell you how much this warms my book-loving heart. Before we were married my husband once caught me engrossed in reading the label on a 12-volt battery. Yes, I…