Preschoolers
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Teaching Your Preschooler to Read
A few weeks ago on Instagram, I posted a short video of Gracie reading a book on the day before she started kindergarten. I am super proud of her for being a pretty…
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Friendship Knows No Country
A little over a year ago, Gracie’s bestest little buddy in her daycare class moved back to Italy. Her dad was here working for two years, but when his contract was up, they…
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Hashtag Squad Goals
My summer is quickly drawing to a close and I can feel it slipping away! NOOOOOOO!!!!! I have been back to work this week to work on getting the new year planned and…
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Guilt’s a Punk
So, the guilt beast showed up this week with guns blazing. I’ve been feeling pretty great lately about our family, and that guilt bastard sniffed out my confidence and was like, “WHOAH, THERE…
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Report Card Predictions
Bean got his report card last week. All A’s, of course. Even in math. He gets it from his daddy. His favorite subject is math. And his favorite part about math is counting…
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Tips for Raising Children Who Love to Read
As a middle school language arts teacher, I see every day the difference between those kids who love to read and those who don’t. When a child loves to read, school comes easier…
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Gracie’s 5th Birthday Recap
Happy Easter, friends! A better blogger would have scheduled an Easter recap on Easter Sunday instead of a birthday recap. But… half-assed. So instead, let me just tell you that we had a…
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We’ve Got Ourselves a Screamer
For as dainty and girly as Gracie is, you would probably be surprised to learn that she is a screamer. Actually, that may not surprise you at all, in fact. Screaming has come…
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The Time Out Fail
This morning, Gracie was in time out for who-knows-what. We have two designated “time out spots” in our house, which makes it easy to enforce when there is a discipline issue. The kids…
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