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guest post by Wendy I love reading to my children. We find ourselves cuddled up in the chair reading books several times a day. If you have a favorite title, a great way to extend that book is to create an activity based on something that happened in the story. Today I read The Gingerbread Man to Lani and my other child care children. To extend that story we baked our own gingerbread cookies. While baking the cookies we talked about the book. What were…
Some of my most memorable childhood memories are those of my Grandmother reading my brother and I bedtime stories. Every summer, we would stay a week with Grandma and she never skipped reading to us every night before bed. Now that I am a parent, I get to pass on the same tradition to my own children. Even with all the distractions that video games, television and the like provide, my children still love when mommy or daddy read them a bedtime story. It is…
UPDATE! Check out this video and article on the Pioneer Woman book signing event in OKC. I’m in the video towards the end taking a photo with my iPhone. (stalker) Coupon Princess is also mentioned in the article! Last Thursday evening, Coupon Princess and I headed out to the Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City to met the one and only Pioneer Woman, who was promoting and signing her first cookbook, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Recipes from an Accidental Country Girl. The ideal scenario went…
Ok, so I know I usually write about food. And more food. And still more food. But I realize there is a little more to life than food. Something else I am very passionate about is literature. And sharing that love with my children. We try to read together almost every day. Sometimes one book, sometimes ten. And I try to find children’s literature that both my children AND I (or my husband) can enjoy together. Something that won’t make mommy and daddy want to…
I’m in love! Yes, it’s true, I have found my perfect partner. Let me back up…. I am an avid reader – voracious really. I think it stems back to my childhood when my parents would let us stay up for a whole extra half an hour after bedtime, but only if we were reading. I am in two book clubs (one reading Don Quixote), trying very hard to resist a third. In addition to the book clubs, I’m also reading whatever I can get…
I was fortunate enough to read the new children’s book, Max & Huber by Dale Kilgore Jr.! This book will immediately grab your 2-5 year old’s attention from the start with its brightly colored, 3D rendered pages. Like all great children’s books, its story is simple, which makes it easy for your little one to follow along and retain. I love books that make learning fun, and Max & Huber does just that. The adventure begins when Max, the main character, and his green hat,…
I had the pleasure of reading a copy of Don’t Rock That Baby! The Other Advice: 46 Steps to Survive the First Year of Motherhood. This sweet, 60 page book is full of helpful tips (46 to be exact) perfect for the first-time mom who hasn’t yet experienced sleep deprivation, childcare guilt, or the joys of bonding with her little one. It is also great for us “experienced” moms who need a refresher course on how to deal with the screaming-puking-constant diaper changing-no rest…
Amy Bellgardt is a wife and mom of two boys, as well as founder and lead blogger at Mom Spark. Amy also manages Mom Spark Media, a social media and marketing firm, and is the Community Manager for Capri Sun. Featured in Walmart's Coupon Booklet!
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