making a difference! • tips for giving back
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 …
Community: How to Build a Library and Build Your Communitymaking a difference! • bettering communities
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 …
Read: How to Celebrate Dr. Seuss’ Birthday with Your Kidsfamily fun • activities-parties
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
Literacy: Ways to Teach Children How to Readmom • education • parenting • education
Now looking back on my childhood, I realize I was fortunate that our house was filled with many types of books. My favorite time in school was the designated half-hour of reading… in our Homeroom Class. Some students hated this time meant for reading, but it was the period
Children’s Literacy: 5 Ways to Get Your Kids to Love Readingmom • education • parenting • education
Reading books to kids, being creative when it comes to books, using technology to make reading fun — all of these activities help get kids to love reading. Did you know that more than 88 percent of children who have difficulty reading… at the end of first grade
Tips to Motivating Your Kids to Read During Summer BreakSomeone once said that “Boys are meant for kisses and hugs,/For watching rainbows and catching bugs,/For sharing all of your favorite things,/For books to read and songs to sing.…” Kids are meant to enjoy summer, to play, to explore. On the other hand, so many experts say that
Read Literacy Into Servicemy world • Mom It Forward Mondays
This week’s Season of Service challenge involves serving with books, which can be great mediums for education and conversation.
10 Tips to Serve By Reading
Here are 10 bite-size ideas:
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Serve Those in Foreign Countriesmy world • Mom It Forward Mondays
This week’s Season of Service challenge is inspired by Macy’s Heart of Haiti …project, which features Haitian artists selling their artwork through Macy’s stores and website, enabling them to earn sustainable income. Macy’s is a big corporation that has made a partnership to help those on foreign soil and remind
Cheerios Spoonful of Stories Nourishes Mind and Bodymy world • giving organizations
The people at the Scholastic school book publishing company love me, I’m sure, because I order so many books through them. The librarians at our local library know me by name, I’m there frequently enough. I am determined that my children shall not want for books. I dream of the…
Reading at The Christmas Box House Is Fundamentalmy world • bettering communities
Most of us, as we prepare for Christmas, are thinking more of last-minute presents, parties, and spending time with loved ones. Certainly, most children are thinking, some even obsessing, over what’s under the tree. Hardly anyone is thinking about education or reading. Except maybe for the Reading Is Fundamental… organization
Ride a bike or walk to a close destination to which you would normally drive.
Date: Wed., May 30
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: Dad Rules by Treion Miller
