There’s nothing better than coming together over a story, especially this year. The shared experience and connection of reading aloud is so needed because it’s more than just about reading books together. Today we celebrate World Read Aloud Day and the power of reading aloud. For 12 years, World Read Aloud Day has called attention…
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7 Reasons to Celebrate World Read Aloud Day and the Power of Story
On cold winter days like the ones we’ve been having this week, my favorite thing to do with my kids when they were little was to gather a stack of books, snuggle on the couch, and read. The Going to Bed Book, Frog and Toad are Friends, The Napping House, and books by Jan Brett,…
Rick Riordan’s Trials of Apollo Continues with The Tyrant’s Tomb
Disney Book Group sent me a copy of The Trials of Apollo #4 to check out and is partnering with me for a giveaway It’s not hard to understand why Rick Riordan is called “storyteller of the gods” by Publishers Weekly. Successful best-selling series such as Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Heroes of Olympus, and the…
5 Mysterious and Spooky Reads for Tweens
This post is sponsored by Disney Book Group and contains affiliate links Sometimes the change of seasons here in the Washington, D.C. area is gentle but overnight we went from summer to fall though I’m not complaining! It finally feels like it’s time for cozy sweatshirts, warm mugs of favorite beverages, decorative gourds and pumpkins,…
7 Ways to Help Your Middle Schooler Rediscover Reading for Pleasure
This post is sponsored by Disney-Hyperion who is partnering with me for a giveaway. It also includes affiliate links My two middle schoolers are counting down the days until the end of the school year and looking forward to summer where required reading for English class gives way to reading for pleasure. There’s no shortage of…
Making Bad Look Good: Disney Villains Book Series Review
This is a sponsored post. Thanks to Disney-Hyperion for sending me the Disney Villains book series and for providing a prize pack! We know the stories of Snow White, Belle, Ariel, and Sleeping Beauty so well but did you ever stop to think about the Wicked Queen, Beast, Ursula, or Maleficent? We know that the…
7 Reasons Why Kids Should be Allowed to Read Captain Underpants
I partnered with Scholastic to share this Captain Underpants giveaway Yes, you read that correctly. I know you probably dislike Captain Underpants for the potty humor and misspellings that fill the pages of the graphic novel but if your child is clamoring to see Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (in theaters on June 2),…
Kids, Reading & Technology! Square Panda Facebook Chat Recap (w giveaway)
This is a sponsored post When I was a teacher, I always dreamed of working with cool tech companies who made great products for kids and these days it’s always a thrill to partner with amazing brands whose devices empower our kids to learn through engaging learning experiences that are just right for them. Square…
Join Me & Square Panda to Talk Kids & Reading on Facebook this Sunday, 3/19 at 8 pm ET / 5 pm PT
This is a sponsored post When I began looking for my first teaching job straight out of graduate school, I remember my mom suggesting maybe first grade shouldn’t be my first choice. She was a lifelong educator who knew the pressure that came with teaching kids how to read. I ignored her advice and jumped…
6 Reasons to Use Audible to Keep Kids Reading All Summer
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Audible As another busy school year winds down and we look towards pool time, vacations, camps, and unstructured time that are synonymous with summer, this is also the time of the year that we begin worry about the loss of skills that our kids…
