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38 Children’s Books About Friendship
Playdough To Plato - Learning how to start conversations, invite friends to play and apologize when we make mistakes is hard. Even for adults. You can give your child a jumpstart on becoming a super...
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Gardening Books for Kids
Playdough To Plato - One of my New Year’s resolutions this year was to turn my very brown gardening thumb into a green one. So when my mom came into town several weeks ago, the first item on our...
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Poetry for Children
Playdough To Plato - Originally seen as a guest post on Little Passports. Children around the United States are busy celebrating Poetry Month by reading, discussing, and writing (you guessed it)...
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Four Must-Read Cinco de Mayo Books
Playdough To Plato - Originally seen as a guest post on Little Passports. Cinco de Mayo is a celebration of several things. For some, it is a commemoration of the Mexican Army’s triumphant victory in...
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Top 5 Early Reader Books
Playdough To Plato - Research has shown time and again how important it is for new readers to spend time reading “just right books” – stories that are not too easy nor too hard. Good fit books stretch...
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62 Kids’ Books from Around the World
Playdough To Plato - I’m a big travel nut. I love planning, visiting and remembering trips to far away destinations. And I LOVED teaching a year-long around the world unit to my second graders....
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Books About Kindness
Playdough To Plato - As a kindergarten teacher, one of my most important jobs was helping students develop social skills. After all, it’s hard to learn how to start conversations, invite friends to...
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5 Great Second Language Books for Kids
Playdough To Plato - Guest post by Brian from Children’s Bookstore. Giving your child the leg up on a foreign language is an excellent resource you can supply as a parent. Almost all high schools and...
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Alphabet Books
Playdough To Plato - As a kindergarten teacher, I always spent the first few weeks of school reading alphabet books to my students because they help children understand that each letter has a special...
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How to Read Books to Babies (and Books They’ll Love)
Playdough To Plato - We’ve all heard the research. When children have heard many stories being read to them before they begin kindergarten, they tend to be better ready to learn reading and writing. So...
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15 Fun Easter Basket Ideas that Teach
Playdough To Plato - Every year at about this time, my mother-in-law and I begin brainstorming things we can put in the boys’ Easter baskets OTHER than candy. I’m all for festively colored sweet treats...
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3 Gardening Books to Help Grow Curiosity
Playdough To Plato - Guest post by Zina from Let’s Lasso the Moon. When one of my girls asks, “Why does _____?” I often answer the question and then start to ramble. Sometimes language gets in...
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