Kids’ Corner: Story Writing Activity for Kids Via Education.Com @Education_Com

With school just around the corner, school lists are posted and back to school shopping is in full swing!  Are your children ready for the start of the school year?  Did you do anything to combat the dreaded “summer learning loss” with your kids this summer?

Today I have something a little different to share with all my fellow parents or educators of elementary school aged kids.   I am teaming up Education.com  to feature one of their learning activities to try out with the little people in your life…

Kids’ Corner: Diverse Middle Grade Books in Review (July 2017) #DiverseKidLit

Hello bookworms!

Today I’m back with another set of reviews for my Kids’ Corner feature of my blog.  I’m excited to share a few thoughts about 3 AMAZING diverse middle grade books.

*Books included in this post: Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai, Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson, & The Crystal Ribbon by Celeste Lim

Top 5 Wednesday: Best Middle Grade Books I’ve Read in 2017 (Thus Far)

Hello and welcome to my Top 5 Wednesday post!

T5W is a weekly meme is hosted by Sam @ThoughtsOnTomes.  You can visit the Goodreads T5W group for more info.

This week’s theme is…

July 12th: Children’s Books
–This can include Middle Grade (but try to recommend more than just Harry Potter and Percy Jackson!) Feel free to talk about your childhood faves or more recent reads.

I decided to spin this week’s topic to the best middle grade books I’ve read so far this year…

Kids’ Corner: #BabyLove: My Toddler Life by Corine Dehghanpisheh

When I read the description for #BabyLove: My Toddler Life, I was very intrigued with the overall moral of the story:  to put down our phones (and/or other devices) and focus on our loved ones.  In this new technology savvy era full of mobile devices and social media, it has now become the norm for parents to share important milestones in their children’s lives via social media.  But at what point does it cross the line from occasionally updating family & friends to oversharing?  While you are busy taking multiple pictures, uploading to social media, and monitoring how many “likes” the picture of you and little Johnny at the zoo gets, are you in fact missing out on the memory itself?  What an interesting concept for a children’s book!

Kids’ Corner: Mini Middle Grade Book Reviews (June 2017)

Books included in this post: Echo by Pam Muñoz Ryan, The Seventh Most Important Thing by Shelley Pearsall, Every Single Second by Tricia Springstubb, Pillage by Obert Skye & Pax by Sara Pennypacker.