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Sick Child (a Haiku)
My Mother's Daughter Literacy in Bloom! Soccer Mom? Sam I Am I’m a Costco junkie... My Head is Spinning... I need a 'do-over'... Bicycling to school...another milestone. My summer book report. February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 'Be careful how you interpret the world: it is like that.' - Erich Keller 'I do not pretend to understand the universe. It's a great deal bigger than I am.' - Tom Stoppard 'Chaos often breeds life, where order breeds habit.' - Henry Adams 'When you can laugh at yourself, there is enlightenment.' - Shunryu Suzuki 'My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither; but to just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate.' - Thornton Wilder This one was on my quote-a-day calendar the day after I found out I was carrying triplets. 
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Literacy in Bloom!
You know what my favorite sound in my house is lately? The sound of any of my children reading out loud to me. Yes, I am finally the mother of readers! My heart does flips at the sound of my kids saying, “Mommy, can I have a turn to read to you?” I love reading. I would say that reading a good book is one of my greatest pleasures. I know that growing up in a household where, more often than not, the adults gathered in the living room to sit by lamps and read in the evenings, while the TV sat turned off and alone on the other side of the house, played a huge part in my own love of reading for pleasure. So I buy them books through all the scholastic book drives and warehouse sales and have read to them since they were old enough to sit up. I try to let my kids see me reading for fun. I try to let them see me choosing books over TV. I even recently read them their first chapter book; The Borrowers (20 chapters, one per night) to teach them that they do not need pictures to enjoy a book. And now, just yesterday, they are starting to venture away from the HOP books and the BOB books and try to read some of the books in the extensive children’s book library I have grown for them over the years... anticipating this day when they will view it as a treasure trove, just as I do. 2 comments from 2 users
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hmoeckli
on Oct 23, 2008 at 09:00 PM
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teacheroftwos
on Oct 23, 2008 at 10:55 PM
I have the greatest reading story! My son was well into first grade and he could not read yet. I am not a big reader; know how just not my thing. So I am thinking how am I going to get my son to enjoy reading. Well I did not have too! His first grade teacher worked with him and taught him how to read. I almost cried the first time I got his reading score at Teacher Parent conferences! Now he is 12 and he loves to read. 90% of the time you will find him reading a book! I am so happy that he loves to read and did not take after me!
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Awesome blog!