Tag: reading

  • Blast away Boredom with a library card… and not just for books!

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    Check back every Monday through Thursday for ideas to have more fun all summer long. Need more ideas? Try this one to get you set for anytime boredom sets in… On with today’s idea… A Library Card.. and not just for books! Libraries, like the rest of the world, have really expanded lately. With a…

  • Blasting away Boredom with a reading chain

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    Part of the Blast Away Boredom summer-long series on MomsToolbox.com. Check back every Monday through Thursday for ideas to have more fun all summer long. Need more ideas? Try this one to get you set for anytime boredom sets in… On with today’s idea… Reading Chain Make a chain ‘link’ from construction paper for each…

  • Mother’s Day reading… Mars Needs Moms!

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    This weekend I was away from my family. While I was gone, my husband picked up a Berkeley Breathed (Bloom County, Opus) book at Walgreens called Mars Needs Moms. My first grader just read it to me and it was pretty cute. Apparently, there aren’t any moms on Mars, so a few Martians try to…

  • Earth Day recycled giveaway: Ranger Rick

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    Since it is Earth Day I thought I’d host a real recycling-type of giveaway: 8 already-loved, but still in excellent condition, issues of Ranger Rick, the National Wildlife Federation’s magazine for children. Instead of something new, I’m keeping these perfectly good magazines from going to waste and sharing some love with your family. Nope, this…

  • Any book organizing advice out there?

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    Not too long ago I did some serious de-cluttering in my son’s room. It resulted in his room looking fantastic, but my central bookshelves becoming quite a big mess. I have books on all sorts of levels and kids of three different ages. So here’s my question for all you organizing reading types: What’s the…

  • NPR’s Holiday Reading List

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    Since I now so often have little ears in the car with me, I don’t get to listen to NPR in the mornings or evenings as I did in my pre-mom days. Tonight my husband came home and asked me to listen to a beautiful story that aired today on NPR about a family who sets…

  • November Reading Club: Service

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    When the idea for the monthly discussion group/ reading club first came to me, the reading was not supposed to be of the Christian “guided self-help” genre. I wanted us to grow our minds beyond reading about our faith. But I’m making a change this month. Last week I shared this month’s reading topic: Service.…

  • November is all about service

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    My discussion group friends should be in here an about a half an hour. We are going to wrap up October’s topic of finance over dinner, wine and dessert. I am looking forward not only to sharing a meal with friends, but also to hearing what everyone else has to say about their books. (We…

  • Money, Money, Money Month reminder

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    All you readers out there learning about money with me this month, here’s a heads up: Tomorrow is Tuesday, so I’ll be posting an update as to what I’ve learned in my reading of The Millionaire Next Door then. If you are also reading any books on finances/ money, please consider posting on your blog…

  • Money Money Money

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    Now that I’ve got your attention, I’ll explain: I’m really tired. And I should really be in bed sleeping. So I’d love to tell you all about the ladies’ discussion group I hosted tonight and all the interesting things we discussed about September’s reading topic of healthy eating. But I am exhausted. So I’ll try…

  • Any Healthy Eating readers out there?

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    Two weeks ago I invited you to join me in expanding our minds, or sharpening our tools, (if you want a little blog title tie in) by reading new books and sharing our discoveries at least twice a month on Tuesdays. September’s topic is healthy eating, and my original reading choice was “What to Eat”…

  • Just give me a little piece of quiet

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    http://www.lorileecraker.com/book6.html http://www.mops.org/ As one of the many gifts of my Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) membership one year, I received a copy of Lorilee Craker’s Just give me a little piece of quiet. The cover says it contains 60 mini-retreats for a mom’s soul, and that it does, my friend. Each retreat begins and ends with a verse…

  • The New First Three Years of Life

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    http://www.amazon.com/New-First-Three-Years-Life/dp/0684804190 This is my absolute favorite parenting young children book out there. An educator at The Children’s Museum of Houston recommended it to me and I read it while pregnant with my first child.  Then I kept it closeby while navigating first-time motherhood, re-reading pages many times through the first two and a half years. And…