By Kristin Orr As a fifth grade teacher, I am often asked by parents how to keep students engaged over the summer. That’s how I came up with this Summer Reading Calendar. In the school I work in, teachers are required to give summer homework; a brief yet meaningful assignment for both reading and math that aligns to what they’ve… Read More
By Jordan of Jordan & Co Can you believe it’s time for a Summer Books for kids post?! Summer books are fun and bright and keep bigger kids reading while off from school! If you want even more book picks, head over to Jordan & Co via these links for more monthly lists: Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan… Read More
It’s June 1st. That means we leave for Italy THIS MONTH. Tonight I’m sharing a list of Italy books: travel books and kids books we’ve been reading all the time. I am so excited and also getting really nervous: how on earth am I going to pack for 4 kids for a month? Have I planned enough? Have I planned… Read More
Ready for a bight & cheery book list?! To be honest, reading in general makes us smile. It’s the end of the day and we settle in for a book. It’s before nap and someone hops on your lap. When you’re reading to kids, you’re close by, snuggling up. Now that my older two can read, one of their “chores”… Read More
Back in January, Lexi shared her picks for the 10 Books to Read in 2018. She’s back with picks for the best beach reads. Enjoy! Best Beach Reads for 2018 There’s reading and then there’s reading on a beach. To me, there is absolutely nothing better than sitting in my beach chair right at the water’s edge, with the waves… Read More
I’ve heard a lot of “ugh another holiday” in regards to Valentine’s Day lately. I get it, our house still has a lot of Christmas decorations that need to be boxed up and we’re still wearing Santa pajamas to bed. But hear me out…. this year, perhaps a holiday about LOVE is one not to skip over. And you know… Read More
We are really enjoying learning Italian! I hope you have enjoyed the first two lessons. If you’re new, check out Lezione 1 here and Lezione 2 here. For today’s “lesson” I am sharing some of our favorite books to support learning Italian. Some are children’s books in Italian, some are about the country/culture and some are for learning words. Children’s… Read More
This post includes affiliate links. We’re pretty excited for the holiday season to kick off. We’re kicking off the holiday season on the blog with Christmas books and Christmas pajamas for the family! For the first year, we’re going to do the 25 Days of Christmas books at our house. Check out Julie’s post from a few years back for… Read More
Madeline has always been one of my favorite books. I was so excited to read it to my girls for the first time when they were tiny. Since then, we’ve read them non stop over the years and last year made a special visit to Bemelman’s Bar in New York City for the Madeline Tea. This Halloween, Alex chose to… Read More
Today I’m sharing our favorite books for toddler boys. What’s that they say “the days are long and the years are short”? It seems like just yesterday I had two toddler girls in the house all day. There were some very long days, but looking back, the days were filled with two giggling little girls that wore princess costumes all… Read More