The Quilt Maker’s Gift
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I first heard this story during my Speech Pathology “student teaching”. It was performed in a play by elementary school students. It was eight year olds forgetting their…
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The Big Road Race
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I admit, we originally bought this book because my son is obsessed with race cars. That and the Berenstain Bears rock. But it turned out to be a…
Smile A Lot
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. What an adorable book about being positive in the midst of the day to day! The first two pages read as follows: Life has all sorts of ups…
One Grain of Rice
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. This is a tale set in India of a clever girl and a greedy raja. The girl tricks the raja into giving her one grain of rice as…
Find the Bird
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Find the Bird is a short and simple book. The illustrations are clear and perfect for little eyes. The goal is to find the bird on each page,…
Pascual and the Kitchen Angels
Disclaimer: This post contains Amazon affiliate links. Celebrated children’s author Tommie dePaola writes in simple prose about Pascual, the patron saint of cooks and kitchens. Pascual’s birth is heralded by angels and his parents know…
Language Learning: talking about far away people
Since we live out of state from almost all of our relatives (and many friends), I had to brainstorm ways for my young children to learn the relatives names and know who they were. I…