The Wonders inside the walls of a Library!
When I was a little girl living in North Hampton, NH, summer meant lots of things… the town beach with its icy cold water and big waves, Hampton Beach boardwalk and arcade, cotton candy, back yard BBQs with my family, riding my bike just about everywhere imaginable, adventure treks through the woods to the pond [...]
Book Review – The Natural Way: The Holistic Guide To Total Mind-Body Health & Fitness by Beth Horn
I was always really active throughout my childhood and into my teens, between swimming, softball and running. In my junior year of high school I got really interested in weight lifting. I was always lean but not super skinny, and I admired the muscle tone on the women I saw competing in fitness competitions. I [...]
The SAVVY AUNTIE Book Is Here!
I LOVE being an aunt. I even looked forward to this special role long before I became an aunt. I kind of always knew that I’d probably be an aunt before a mom. Being the youngest of four children, with a nine year age gap between me and my oldest brother, I was pretty sure [...]
Day 4: The 31 Letters Project – “One Extraordinary Moment”
March 4, 2011 by Sharon
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The 31 Letters Project is a magical way to excite your children about literacy. The 31 Letters Project is a month’s-worth of letters about YOU, sent to your own children (or grandchildren, nieces, nephews, special friends) through the mail. It’s that simple on the outside. On the inside, your letters will delight children enough for [...]
Day 2 of 31 Letters – “My First Journey”
March 2, 2011 by Sharon
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LITERACY is all about WORDS – Written, Spoken, Felt. It is the most amazing and magical feeling to see and hear words that come to life in letters. In our 31 Letters Project, your children will have the feeling each day for 31 days to live and re-live the experiences of YOUR childhood… in your [...]
Day 60: 31 LETTERS — 365 Days of Literacy for Kids – Fun, Easy & Completely Do-able
March 1, 2011 by Sharon
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The 31 Letters Project. It’s March. And we’re marching into March with LETTER WRITING. Grab your writing materials and get ready to give your child/children, grandchildren, niece/nephew/special friend a wonderful gift… 31 LETTERS all about YOU in your own words. 31 Letters arriving in the mail. LITERACY is all about WORDS – experimenting with words, [...]
Day 59: 365 Days of Literacy for Kids – Fun, Easy & Completely Do-able
February 28, 2011 by Sharon
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Take a peek at the remarkable collection of ADJECTIVES we’ve gathered during the month of February. Let’s take a couple of seconds to marvel at these ADJECTIVES and recall their meanings. These words and all words that beautifully define reading, writing, speaking and feeling are your children’s best friends. This is what LITERACY is all [...]
Day 58: 365 Days of Literacy for Kids – Fun, Easy & Completely Do-able
February 27, 2011 by Sharon
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We’ve Already Zipped through the entire alphabet in our search of 56 Awesomely Zestful adjectives… and here are the A – Z’s, all happy to have met you and your children: 1. agile 2. azure 3. bay 4. blithe 5. camel 6. colossal 7. drowsy 8. defiant 9. elfin 10. enormous 11. faulty 12. flawless [...]
Day 57: 365 Days of Literacy for Kids – Fun, Easy & Completely Do-able
February 26, 2011 by Sharon
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Children love words. Children love zestful, spirited words that add size, color, description and dimension to reading, writing and speaking. Two such words can be found at the very end of the alphabet… waiting to be discovered and used: 1. zestful – flavored, spirited, enjoyable; full of zest, characterized by keen enjoyment. What to love [...]
Day 56: 365 Days of Literacy for Kids – Fun, Easy & Completely Do-able
February 25, 2011 by Sharon
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Our 56 Adjectives Literacy Project is coming to a close in a couple of days… but your children will have their 56 adjective friends forever. Ah. Adjectives. Y the need for adjectives? Adjectives enrich our reading, writing and speaking with definition and description. Adjectives define our images and our thoughts. In 365 Days of Literacy [...]
