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Author Archives: Leila
Eight Ways To Get Your Child To Read For The Summer
Taken directly from The New York State Library website. Eight Ways To Get Your Child To Read For The Summer Get your child a library card @ your local library. Sign your child up for the Summer Reading program @ the local library. Read with your child every day. Take advantage of “waiting” time to [...]
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LOS ANGELES BLACK BOOK EXPO 2010!
***ATTENTION*** The Los Angeles Black Book Expo has moved from the Expo Center near USC. It will now be held @ the Sheraton Gateway Hotel near L.A.X. WHAT: The Los Angeles Black Book Expo WHEN: Saturday, August 21, 2010 WHERE: L.A.X. Sheraton TIME: 12:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. Taken directly from the LABBX website: The Los [...]
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Elizabeti’s Doll by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen
Elizabeti’s Doll (2002), written by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen & illustrated by Christy Hale is the cutest little book. I would recommend it for little girls ages 6- 9. Phillise is 8 years old and she loved it. “This is the best book, Mom,” she said. So, I asked her if she wanted to watch it on [...]
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How Do I Determine the Reading Level of A Book?
How Do I Determine the Reading Level of a Book? Well, that’s a good question. I wondered that very question aloud in a classroom where I worked as an assistant before I became a teacher. The teacher was very knowledgeable. As so often happens when you’re around very knowledgeable people, a question is rewarded with [...]
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EDUTOPIA Leadership Conference
I received this e-mail from Sabrina Smith, Marketing Director @ EDUTOPIA regarding a leadership conference being held next week, June 18, 2010. This day long workshop, a collaboration between the Educational Leadership Program at the Kalmanovitz School of Education Saint Mary’s College of California and Edutopia, will bring together inspiring leaders and experts who have [...]
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Busy, Busy, Busy!
As the title states, I am busy, busy, busy! I am busy putting my children’s pictures in albums that I made with my Zutter bookbinding machine. I am so ashamed to say that I’ve lost some of their school pictures. But, I’ll improvise with some of the pictures I have. I’ll post pics when I [...]
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R.I.P. John Wooden (1910-2010)
It’s what you learn after you know it all that counts. ** ~John Wooden~ While I was watching E.S.P.N. early this morning with my husband, I heard the news about the passing of one of America’s greatest treasures, Mr. John Wooden (1910-2010). He succumbed from natural causes just shy of his 100th birthday. This is [...]
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The Importance Of Summer Reading!
Summer reading is soooooo important. Obviously, children aren’t in school for the summer. For most, that means no structure. Read: If they don’t have to read, they don’t and/or won’t. But, you have to get your children to read by any means necessary. According to research on summer reading loss, if your child doesn’t read [...]
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Dial-A-Librarian or Dial-A-Story
I love the Public Library System. They have so many services available. They have definitely stepped up their game & stepped into the 21st century. They have this great feature called Dial-A-Librarian or Dial-A-Story. Your child is able to call up the number and hear a story over the phone. I called the libraries and [...]
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FROM THIS DAY FORWARD!
Mediation: From this day forward…I will listen for the voice of the Lord to speak to my heart and MOVE when HE tells me to MOVE. I will not block my own blessings with my limited thinking and finite logic. I will TRUST that GOD is NOT confined to man’s rules and respond by MOVING [...]
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