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Chapter Books for Boys

September 21, 2020December 15, 2016 by valplowman
Chapter books for boys

  Boys and girls can most definitely appreciate the same books. This is especially true for a book like Harry Potter. Many of the books you see here will also …

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Categories Book Lists, Boys, Preteen Tags literacy Leave a comment

Great Picture Books for Girls

October 5, 2020April 7, 2016 by valplowman

  That age old battle. Okay, maybe it isn’t age old. Maybe it is just half a century old. Hey, maybe it is even just a quarter of a century …

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Categories Book Lists, Girls Tags book recommendation, children's books, literacy 1 Comment

Gateway Chapter Books for Beginners

October 12, 2020February 29, 2016 by valplowman
gateway chapter books for beginngers

Despite being very gifted linguistically, Kaitlyn was very hesitant to start reading chapter books. Whether it was that she was experiencing perfectionist worries that she wouldn’t be able to read …

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Categories Book Lists, Child Tags book recommendation, chapter books, children's books, literacy Leave a comment

Reading to Preschoolers

May 7, 2019June 4, 2015 by valplowman

  I have recently written on Reading to Toddlers and  Reading to Infants. Today I want to continue on with talking about reading to preschoolers. I am defining a preschooler as …

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Categories Preschooler, Reading Tags literacy, read aloud handbook 2 Comments

Book Recommendation: Reading Magic

May 22, 2019September 15, 2011 by valplowman

  Reading Magic by Mem Fox is another book dedicated to helping parents instill literacy in our children. Mem Fox is from Australia. She is currently a literacy consultant in …

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Categories Reading Tags book recommendation, literacy, Reading Magic 3 Comments

Preparing for Kindergarten {Now}

May 22, 2019August 25, 2011 by valplowman

image source   Parents of four and five year olds often spend that last year before kindergarten trying to make sure the child knows all he should before school starts. …

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Categories Schooling Tags Kindergarten, literacy, read aloud handbook 5 Comments

Teaching Handwriting

May 29, 2019March 25, 2011 by valplowman

Here is the latest post from Susanne! This is on her favorite handwriting method. There are lots of methods out there to choose among. This is Sue’s favorite from her …

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Categories Education Tags learning activities, literacy 5 Comments
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Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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