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Four on Friday: National Dance Like a Chicken Day
Who knew? It’s National Dance Like a Chicken Day! And honestly, I can’t think of anything else but the Arrested Development characters making fun of each and calling each other chicken! But, besides this awesome gif, I also found some really great chicken picture books for today’s post! There’s an…
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From My Kitchen: Grilled Za’atar Chicken
I don’t think it’s much a surprise to my readers at this point how much I love to be in the kitchen. My work schedule is all over the place right now. And my partner and I have opposite schedules right now which means we’re eating pretty late every night.…
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Picture Book Month Theme: Chickens
You’ll be seeing a lot of picture books on my blog throughout the month of November as we celebrate Picture Book Month. You’ll definitely want to check out the website as picture book authors and illustrators will be posting an essay each day about the importance of picture books! Check…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Spring Animals
Opening: “Put Your Hands Up In the Air” Puppet Meet & Greet: Meet Woolly (monkey puppet) Early Literacy Tip: “Read at least three stories a day: it may be the same story three times. Children need to hear a thousand stories before they can begin to learn to read. Or…
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Preschool Storytime – PA's One Book
Like my toddler storytime yesterday morning, this week we presented Pennsylvania’s One Book, Every Young Child choice for 2015. But, unlike the toddler storytime, I also added a number of different elements to really connect with these older children. I’ve been doing a toddler storytime for the past seven years…
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Tough Chicks
As I was searching the stacks for those perfect read-aloud books for story time, I came across Tough Chicks written by Cece Meng and illustrated by Melissa Suber and I fell in love! Tough Chicks is the story of three little chicks by the names of Penny, Polly, adn Molly…
