Service: How to Help Others by Reading

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Many of you may be starting to feel the increased pressure of summer approaching, with Teacher Appreciation duties, end-of-school-year responsibilities, and summer activities to plan. However, I hope you’ll still take a moment each day to incorporate a little bit of service, for both your benefit and others’. This week’s Season of Service challenge is to find ways to serve with reading. We’ve talked about this a bit before. Here are some more bite-size ideas to add to the …

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Bettering Communities—For a short period of my life, my neighbors remained nameless faces who smiled and waved as they quickly sped by my home. If I ever needed help, I would have to go to the “lady with two dogs who always works in her yard.” See, I didn’t …

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read-hunger-games-book Book Review: The Hunger Games

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When the Mom It Forward crew asked me to write a book review about The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins I don’t think they realized they were talking to a BIG fan of Young Adult (YA) Novels!  Apparently, I am not the only Generation X mom who loves to read…

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dr-seuss-cake Read: How to Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ Birthday with Your Kids

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I still remember the deep enthrallment I felt when I first read Dr. Seuss’ The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. I don’t remember why it was so enchanting; I’ve never been that into hats. These days, I have all of Dr. Seuss’ and Theo LeSieg’…s books and my

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couple-love Strengthening Relationships: 10 Ways to Say “I Love You”

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It’s that time of year again. Red and pink hearts are overflowing in stores and on television commercials. Love is in the air and Valentine’s Day… is right around the corner. Sure you can do all the regular things to show your loved one you care this year, or you

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Book Club: Chat About the 5 Love Languages in the @MomItForward Forum Today

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I come from a family full of readers. I vividly remember one family vacation in San Diego where my mom read the entire time. She would stop every now and then to read us passages, telling us how much she loved the descriptive language. We all thought that reading must

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One of my most vivid childhood memories involved three very important elements: A red leather book, my mom, and The Old Hag’s Long Leather Bag.
The story, written by Seumas MacManus, came from Vol. I of The New Junior Classics and kept me spellbound time and time, and time…

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Most of us know that the ability to read is not a skill that is gained overnight. A child must first be able to recognize and say each letter, then learn each sound, and master blending them together. It’s a long process that begins in preschool or kindergarten, takes root…

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Three Ideas to Inspire Your Young Reader and Bring Her Back to Books

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National Children’s Book Week may have been officially moved from its original home in the Fall to a Spring week in May, but autumn remains a great time of year to inspire kids to read. Cozy up with your little one in front of the fireplace and ignite her passion…

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104440374 Children’s Literature and Activities That Lead to a Love of Reading

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When I was in college, I didn’t read much for fun. I read all the time, but it was research or text books, not fiction or literature. Our kids can get in the same rut when school starts.
Even children who love to read can find their reading time at…

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