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Zen in the Art of Writing for Children

Note: Today’s post is for the letter “Z” as part of the Blogging A to Z Challenge. Okay, so this book isn’t specifically about zen in the art of writing for children. Still, everything in this...

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Toy Boats to Make with Your Preschoolers

Here is a fun activity for you to do with your preschoolers. Make three boat crafts and do some science experiments with them. Here are the instructions for making three types of boats. Milk Carton...

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Ten Most Memorable Moms in New Fiction

Although these are not children’s books, what better time of year than Mother’s Day to showcase some of the most memorable fictional mothers in some of the best new novels? From loving, supportive...

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Summer Learning Loss and How to Prevent It

Research shows that students experience about 2.5 months of learning loss when they don’t engage in educational activities over the long summer break. This means much of what they learned this school...

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Can Parents Use Video Games As Lessons In Life?

Engineer, Parent & Former School Teacher Crafts Novel Method For Teachable Moments In the history of child development, the widespread participation in the use of video games is not only a...

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Messages from the Playground

Healing homophobia before it begins and preventing bullying before it starts “Uncle Chris, is she your girlfriend?” Suddenly I was a teen again. I felt like I did before I was out of the closet and...

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Qread – New App Introduces Young Children to Words

Recently, Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife invested $33 million into AltSchool, a charter school in San Francisco that creates personalized learning programs for students made available...

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Read to a Child Spark Something Meaningful Campaign!

BOSTON, May 1st – 31st, 2015 – National nonprofit literacy and mentoring organization Read to a Child will host its second annual digital fundraising campaign called Spark Something Meaningful in the...

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National Geographic’s Newsmaker Challenge – Step Up to the Plate to Fight...

  On May 12th, National Geographic launched its first annual Almanac Newsmakers Challenge in conjunction with the release of their 2016 edition of the New York Times bestselling National Geographic...

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World’s Largest Lego© Brick Model Ship Comes to the Queen Mary

LONG BEACH, CA (June 18, 2015) — When Britain’s most famous ocean liner was still a dream, the Cunard Lines recruited the John Brown shipyard in Scotland to build what would become the world’s most...

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New from NSTA for Middle School Teachers: A Guide to Argument-Driven Inquiry...

ARLINGTON, Va.—July 13, 2015—Teachers who want to bring the benefits of argument-driven inquiry to their middle school life science classes can find the instructional materials they need in...

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Margot Finke is Interviewed on Book Bites for Kids

Children’s author Margot Finke will talk about her new books on Book Bites for Kids. The show will air LIVE on blogtalkradio on Tuesday, July 21, 2015, at 2:30 p.m. central time. To listen to the show,...

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Read an interview with author Liane Brouillette today at Straight from the Author’s Mouth. It’s all part of the 10-day virtual book tour, sponsored by the National Writing for Children Center, for...

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An Interview with Liane Brouillette on Blogcritics

Today is Day 8 of the 10-day virtual book tour for Help Your Child to Thrive, sponsored by the National Writing for Children Center. Today’s stop on the tour features an interview with Liane...

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Interview with Liane Brouillette on Book Publishing Secrets

Today is Day 9 of the 10-day virtual book tour for Help Your Child to Thrive. Read an interview with the book’s author today at Book Publishing Secrets. Here’s the link: Book Publishing Secrets –...

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As the Page Turns Features Review of Help Your Child to Thrive

Today is Day 10 of the 10-day virtual book tour for Help Your Child to Thrive, sponsored by the National Writing for Children Center. Today, read a review of the book at As the Page Turns. Just click...

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Nancy I Sanders

Bestselling and award-winning children’s author of over 80 books, Nancy I. Sanders wants to help you experience success writing for kids! It’s hard work, yes, but it’s also lots of fun and very, very...

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Interview with Nancy I Sanders

Nancy Sanders talks with Suzanne Lieurance about her new book A Pirate’s Mother Goose Suzanne on BlogTalkRadio

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A Pirate’s Mother Goose by Nancy I Sanders

This selection of popular Mother Goose rhymes is given a delightful pirate makeover! What happens when the cat gives a mate his fiddle? The cabin boy dances a jig and the scalawags waltz in the brig!...

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November is PIBOIDMO

Did you know that November is National Picture Book Idea Month or PIBOIDMO? The object of PIBOIDMO is to generate one new idea for a picture book every day in November. You don’t need to develop all of...

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