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Showing posts with label Weekly Geeks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weekly Geeks. Show all posts
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Weekly Geeks - Day 5 Quote
"Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him."— Maya Angelou
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Out of the Mouths of Babes
[Daughter] "Can you stop using words like 'inclination'?"
[Mom] "How will you learn new words? Talking is how we learn language."
[pregnant pause]
[Daughter] "Okay Mommy. But can you just keep them all until I'm about ten or something."
a conversation with my 6-year-old daughter (while driving!), April 2008
This is quote #4 for Weekly Geeks Challenge 17.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
BBAW: A READING TUB GIVEAWAY
I cannot live without books. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Our first book giveaway. Wahoo! If you're stopping by for the first time, welcome! Here in the Tub we're all about children's literacy. We look at reading as a family activity ... something we can do together. So, for our first book giveaway, we wanted to select items that centered on our guiding principles:
- Reading together promotes reading, encourages kids to be life-long readers, and creates memories for success.
- Reading is more than just memorizing letters or letter sequences. It is about understanding words and using them as a tool for life.
Cranium FunFolio - Volume 1 by Cranium Books. This is a one-of-a-kind book that you create together. You have everything you need to draw, act, play, laugh, and write your own adventures. Themes in this volume encourage kids to "create a museum exhibit, design their own robot, and invent silly songs." (LB Kids, 2006)
In the Beginning by Chuck Fischer. This is Chuck Fischer's new pop-up book for the whole family. "An ingenious series of three-dimensional spreads with fold-outs and narrative booklets, In the Beginning shows how the timeless narratives of the Book of Genesis have inspired artists for thousands of years and continue to do so today."To enter, leave a comment with a memory (preferably a favorite) of a time when you were sharing a story. It can be when you were a kid, it can be with one of your kids, it can be in school, it's up to you. Be sure to also specify which book your entry is for.
IMPORTANT NOTE: We ship only to the US and Canada.
Thanks to Hachette Books, USA, and LB Kids (Little, Brown and Company) for these donations.
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Sunday, September 14, 2008
Book Bloggers Appreciation Week and Weekly Geeks
"Never believe that a few caring people can't change the world.
For indeed, that's all who ever have."
For indeed, that's all who ever have."
~ Margaret Mead
To this point, I've always entered the Weekly Geeks Challenge via TubTalk, my ExDir blog. Weekly Geek Challenge #17 is to post a quote each day for a week. Here are the guidelines:
You may want to come up with a theme, such as favorite passages from books, author quotes, political quotes, quotes about books or reading, humorous quotes, whatever. Or you may not want a theme at all; maybe you just want to gather up seven assorted quotes that appeal to you. You may want to start each of your posts of the week with a quote, or you may want to give quotes posts of their own in addition to your regular posts. It’s all up to you!
With Book Blogger Appreciation Week kicking off tomorrow ... and all the excitement it has generated, it seemed only appropriate to start my Challenge with this wonderful quote. For indeed, the book blogging community IS changing the world.
To this point, I've always entered the Weekly Geeks Challenge via TubTalk, my ExDir blog. Weekly Geek Challenge #17 is to post a quote each day for a week. Here are the guidelines:
You may want to come up with a theme, such as favorite passages from books, author quotes, political quotes, quotes about books or reading, humorous quotes, whatever. Or you may not want a theme at all; maybe you just want to gather up seven assorted quotes that appeal to you. You may want to start each of your posts of the week with a quote, or you may want to give quotes posts of their own in addition to your regular posts. It’s all up to you!
With Book Blogger Appreciation Week kicking off tomorrow ... and all the excitement it has generated, it seemed only appropriate to start my Challenge with this wonderful quote. For indeed, the book blogging community IS changing the world.
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