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Summer Learning: How to Keep Your Child Reading During Summer

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School is out and your child’s brain is on vacation! You mention one word about school or reading and your child just groans. Reading does not have to be a chore; make reading fun and interesting! We have all heard “practice makes perfect,” well, practice may not make your child…

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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…

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Community: How to Build a Library and Build Your Community

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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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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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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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