Posts Tagged ‘read alouds’
Top 10 Books to Warm Your Heart
Winter has a bleak coldness to it. It embodies the feeling that life is over and may not come back again. Our hearts can grow cold when life seems too hard can’t it? Sometimes in the bleakness, the desire to quit is overwhelming. A simple story can warm a heart unlike any other. When you…
Read More15 Great Books You’ll Fall For
It’s no secret that my family loves books. Great books can engage budding readers, enrich active imaginations, and encourage godly living. When books like these cross my path, I love to make sure they become not only a part of our home library, but also a part of our family fabric where quotes, themes, and stories…
Read MoreMo Willems’s Pigeon Books: Who Doesn’t Love a Pigeon Craft?
Only Mo Willems can make a Pigeon endearing and hilarious in a children’s book. I first met the Pigeon and the Duckling at a friend’s house. Her son was cracking up over this crazy duo and the way Mo Willems brings their interactions to life. I found a great selection of these Pigeon books at…
Read MoreStrauss Read Aloud History: The Good, the Fab, and the Delightful
Warning – this is a long list because it covers the past five years of read alouds in our family. It’s amazing to think we’ve at least read 85 books over that time period! Some of them are repeated, but that just means that they were amazing books and we loved them so much we…
Read MoreWhere do I find good books to read aloud?
If you’ve got your kids sitting still and you’ve figured out a time for read alouds, so the next big question is, “Where can I find good books to read?” Nothing can kill read aloud time like finding a book that no one wants to listen to, much less a book that is filled with poor…
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