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    Books for Multilingual Kids

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    While sharing the same language often makes communication easier for everyone, kids don’t always need words to communicate and these nine picture books prove it! There are lots of families who speak more than one language, often choosing to speak a language other than English at home. And when kids…

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    Storytime Theme: Bicycles

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    This is a little different in terms of storytimes, because I think it would best suit preschoolers and even early elementary school age. I think if you chose carefully, you could still create a solid toddler plan, but I think the subject matter lends itself more for a little bit…

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    Storytime Theme: Circles

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    Here comes a circle storytime! Can you believe I haven’t done a circles-themed storytime before? And while general shape books are easy to find, it’s not as easy to find a specific shape that is the main subject for the entire story. So, with that, I stretched out beyond just…

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    Storytime Theme: Peas & Carrots

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    I stumbled across this adorable storytime theme as I was trying to think of new ideas to try on my blog and I thought it was too cute to pass up! What’s great about stoytime is that ten different people can host a storytime on the same theme and each…

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    Top Ten Tuesday: Unpopular Bookish Opinions

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    Today’s list came together pretty quickly because apparently I have a lot of opinions about books! Whether they’re unpopular is probably more up to debate. But, I bet some of these opinions are more likely to be unpopular with the general population, whereas I can bet that the bookish world…

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    Storytime Theme: Rainbow

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    Well, it’s the final color-themed storytime for a while – I couldn’t ignore the rainbow! The series just didn’t seem complete without an all-encompassing rainbow themed storytime lesson plan. This could be a great introduction to the series or an ending, but between this lesson plan and the ones listed…

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    2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Language Learning

    2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Language Learning

    As we continue to travel through the alphabet, we taking the chance to travel around the world as well with an introduction to language learning in a variety of languages, plus being able to better understand the importance of language both verbal and nonverbal as well! Studies show that kids…

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    2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Know It All

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    Some letters of this challenge are easier than others and I have learned over the past ten years to provide myself with a few spaces where I can kind of create a catch-all location for additional titles that I want to share that may not fit in a different letter’s…

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    2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Jokes & Riddles

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    Whoever knew that jokes and riddles would be considered nonfiction? Well, there’s a space for jokes and books of riddles in the Dewey Decimal System (and the letter J is really hard to find a word for!), so here we are! I also think it’s a sneaky way to get…

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    2025 Blogging A to Z Challenge: Insects

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    It’s a creepy-crawly book list for you today! And while, I’m not afraid of insects, I don’t want to see them in my house and can take care of them when they do find their way indoors (usually by scooping them up and taking them back outdoors!). But, I do…