When our children were young, nights weren't complete in the Greer home without a recording to listen to at bedtime. Here was the routine: Glen and Lane brushed their teeth, changed into their pajamas and got settled into Mom and Dad's bed ready for one of us to read a book. We'd...
Thus incorporating reading as a meaningful ritual is the first task of a good reading program. For example,you must set aside a daily time for reading. It could be early morning with your tea or just when about to go to bed at night. Research confirms that when you go to bed, after ...
They go on to find differences in the way they say pajamas, sofa, boots, and even friends. The mom always replies with a comparison of their words that goes like this,"Cereal, porridge, porridge, cereal -it all tastes just the same - good!" I believe the words boots and galoshes, ...
Toulouse-Lautrec did his best work at night, sometimes even setting up his easel in brothels, and George Gershwin composed at the piano in pajamas and a bathrobe. Freud worked sixteen hours a day, but Gertrude Stein could never write for more than thirty minutes, and F. Scott Fitzgerald ...
“Saturday.” She began picking bits of fluff off the pillow. “He works night shifts. He’s always gone when I go to bed on Saturday night, and then on Sunday morning, he makes pancakes. That morning, he wasn’t up when I got up, so I let him sleep in, I figured he was tire...
Several small developments on this end. First, I’m up to the final corner on my gray/brown shawl. One more night’s knitting should put it to bed. Then it gets added to the ever growing to-be-blocked pile. Second, I’ve decided I should take personal steps to decrease the “overwe...
He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made...
“I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but your brand of insanity rubs off. In the sixteen years I’ve been alive, I’ve never seen my mother in her pajamas. It’s disturbing, and it’s your fault.” My third, but not last favorite Jaxon Moment: ...
I Did It!by Michael Emberley. Holiday House. (I Like to Read Comics). ISBN 9780823446513. PreS-1–The thrill and trepidation of trying something new is explored in this unpanelled graphic story. A catlike critter in striped pajamas tries their hand at childhood skills like building block...
This New York-based nonprofit generously donates books and pajamas to kids living in shelters, group homes, and temporary housing facilities. 【5】. However, by donating your books to Pajama Program, you can help kids feel safe,important,and loved.A. Send them to homeless childrenB. Education...