This was first posted on elizabethannewrites on June 5, 2011. The ages of 5 to 8 years mark a time of great transition in a child’s life. Starting kindergarten and then “real” school, moving beyond the familiar (and even for a child who has been in daycare, school is going to be a different experience), …
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This was first posted on elizabethannewrites on May 31, 2011 There is no perfect time to read a story to a little one … Any time is the perfect time to read a story to a little one. As I said in my first post about reading to the littlest ones, reading aloud can begin …
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This was first posted on elizabethannewrites on May 26, 2011. As Emma Walton Hamilton points out in her book Raising Bookworms: Getting Kids Reading for Pleasure and Empowerment, it is never too early to begin reading to a child. Even before the baby is born, reading to him/her can be a way of bonding, of …
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This was first posted on elizabethannewrites on May 21, 2011. In my previous post in this series, I talked about how to read rhyming-text picture books. In this post, I want to suggest a few books in which the rhyming text works (and one in which it doesn’t, in my opinion). Babies are aware of …
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This was first posted on elizabethannewrites on May 19, 2011. When Julie Andrews’ Collection of Poems, Songs and Lullabies was released, I told my mother about it over the phone, and mentioned that there was a CD of Julie reading some of the poems. (Note: Emma reads some of the poems as well.) I remember …
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This was first posted on elizabethannewrites on June 11, 2011. When I first wrote this post back in June of 2011, I’d just received word that a friend had died after a brief (but fiesty) battle with brain cancer. This post was, and is, in memory of Audrey. Death is not an easy thing for …
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This was first posted on elizabethannewrites on April 8, 2011. I’m tying this post to Patricia’s post earlier regarding Autism Awareness Month — I hope you’ll read Pat’s thoughtful and thought-provoking post. My cousin, Bev Brenna, who writes thoughtful and thought-provoking YA books (as well as middle-grade novels, and picture books — Bev is versatile) …
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This was originally posted on September 7, 2011. Reading Beverley Brenna (or at least, reading her books) is a use of time I can highly recommend. In fact, I do recommend that pastime, over and over again. I know that those of you whom I’ve already turned on to Bev’s books are awaiting the release …
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