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At 8 years old, we are into the Chapter Book stage of reading.  Broxton has a love hate relationshop right now and I think it might be more hate than love, since he is totally burned out with school this year.  I have already told him that he will still be reading and writing this summer and we have a new book in our stack to read.  (No, I am not going to make him do school work daily, but I do want to keep his brain going and not just on video game mode.)   One book we have to read?  The Explorers: The Door in the Alley by Adrienne Kress.  One thing I like about it?  It is book one, so hopefully he will enjoy it and we have just found a new series to read!   FTC Compliant Review Policy:   The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are not influenced by monetary compensation. THE EXPLORE...

If you enjoy reading and love kids books, you need to check out Pete the Cat, if you are not familiar yet.  We were introduced to Pete when Broxton was in K-3 and we have loved him ever since.  He is one cool cat and in the latest book from Put Me in the Story, you can see just how cool he is!   We were lucky enough to get to review a copy and I am so excited to give it to Broxton!   FTC Compliant Review Policy:   The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary c ompensation . Pete the Cat and Broxton's Magic Sunglasses from Put Me In The Story has your child as the star of the book with Pete the Cat!!! I know that Broxton is a little too old for this, but as much as he used to love Pete the Cat, I thought it was a cute book to give him for him to read to Savannah!  (Not m...

FTC Compliant Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation. Image Credit - Amazon  With the Christmas Holidays getting closer and closer, you know that means I am getting my list of books ready for us to do our Countdown to Christmas!  This year, we are adding the latest from the Pout Pout Fish Series.  it is called The Not Very Merry Pout-Pout Fish and it follows Mr. Fish as he tries to find the best gift for all of his friends. I will be honest and tell you that I did not know that the Pout-Pout Fish was a series of books.  We fell in love with the Pout-Pout Fish in the Big Big Dark . When I saw this book, I knew we wanted it, but I did not know there were others too!  Now, I want to add all of them to our home library! In The Not Very Mer...

FTC Compliant Review Policy: The product(s) featured in this review were provided free of cost to me by the manufacturer or representing PR agency for the sole purpose of product testing. Opinions expressed are my own and are NOT influenced by monetary compensation. I love having books around for us to read and flip through.  It is a great thing when you hear your little one say, "Mama, will you read me a book?"  Of course, I say yes... Unless it is the millionth book of the night and he is doing it to try and stay up late, then I can say "not until tomorrow." We were recently sent The 50 States for review.  Now, this book is not one that you are going to snuggle up and read as a bed time story, but it is a great one that you will look at to learn more about different states!   I actually learned quite a few things myself as I flipped the pages!   The 50 States isn't your typical map book. Yes, you have each state on a two page spread, but they don't...

I hosted a book review for Bedtime Math .  I am lucky today to have the chance to work in a Book Tour Blog Posting with the author, Laura Overdeck.  I have never been a fan of math... but my brother and my dad are both great at it... I would love for Broxton to pick up my love of reading, but also the love of math from the two of them.  With that being said, I wanted to do a blog tour of how to get kids into math more!!! Let’s face it: in our culture, math doesn’t have the best image.  Lots of adults are afraid of math or feel they can’t do math, whereas we never hear any educated adult say, “I’m just not good at reading!”  Often adults’ math anxiety traces to a childhood where math wasn’t fun.  They remember math as a dry, tedious school subject that they never grasped comfortably. So how do we avoid this fate with our next generation of budding math fans?  The first step as adults is to show we love math, or at least not advertise that we ...