If you have a child just starting to get into audiobooks, I love an audiobook collection of short stories. It’s a big ask for a child who is new to audiobooks to follow a 3 or 4 hour story, but a short story around 5-20 minutes is usually just right. I particularly love short story collections when it comes to…
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A 2022-2023 Student Reading Log
Looking for a copy of this student reading log? Pop in your email below and it’ll come right to your inbox? Since 2019, I’ve released a whole bunch of reading charts, from summer ones to holiday ones to annual ones. But the one with the MOST staying power has been this design I did with Becca of Hadley Designs. It…
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7 Great Book Subscriptions for Kids
Over the last decade, book subscription boxes for kids have become wildly popular. Having books picked by experts coming right to your door is super convenient (going to the bookstore or library can be overwhelming for lots of parents!) and it can really help generate excitement about books and reading for your child. Plus, what kid doesn’t love getting mail…
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Our Summer Tween Movie Nights
Earlier this spring, we decided that one of the things we’d do during the summer was a weekly movie night with Ella. She turned twelve this summer and our weekly Friday family movie nights definitely skew younger because our other girls are 5, 7 and 9. The week that school got out, we started up these tween movie nights and…
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Weekly Menu for July 31
Weekly Menu for July 31 Monday: Grilled Chicken with Coconut-Jalapeño Sauce and Rice Pineapple Snack: granola bars Tuesday: Cream Cheese and Chicken Orzo with Tomatoes and Basil Green Salad Snack: Apple slices with peanut butter and mini chocolate chips Wednesday: Roasted Vegetables and Chorizo over Polenta Sweet Potato Fries Snack: Healthy Orange Julius Thursday: Crispy Shrimp Tacos Tortilla chips and…
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