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Guided Reading with Older Children: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY

March 12, 2012 at school
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: On Meadowview Street by Henry Cole Why we love this book: Caroline is a girl after my own heart! Caroline and her family move into a new home on Meadowview Street where all of the houses and yards look exactly alike. When Caroline’s dad decides to mow the yard, she [...]

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Planting a Rainbow: The WINNER

March 9, 2012 at school
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Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 6 Timestamp: 2012-03-09 17:27:10 UTC Congratulations #6! Julie March 7, 2012 at 1:49 pm My 4 yr old really wants us to plant a garden but I have a black thumb! We’ll see. Contact us at our email: winner at waddleeahchaa dot com (Prize must be claimed [...]

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Guided Reading for Beginning Readers: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY

March 5, 2012 at school
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert Why we love this book: The sun is shining and it is warming-up quickly in the Texas Hill Country. That means it’s time to get outside and start digging in the garden! Planting a Rainbow is one of our favorite gardening books for children. [...]

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Library Lion: The WINNER

March 2, 2012 at school
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Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 5 Timestamp: 2012-03-02 22:16:20 UTC Congratulations Ellie #5! Ellie February 27, 2012 at 2:19 pm I love to read fiction and could spend all day debating what my favorite novel is, so I’ll just limit it to my favorite novel that I’ve read this year (2012). Quite [...]

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Reading Aloud to Older Children: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY

February 27, 2012 at school
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY:Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen Why we love this book: We are continuing our series on Creating a Balanced Reading Program with a focus on Reading Aloud to Older Children this week. Most parents and teachers do an excellent job of reading to their young children, but once children begin reading [...]

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear: The WINNER

February 23, 2012 at school
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Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 5 Timestamp: 2012-02-24 02:47:35 UTC Congratulations Ellie # 5! Ellie February 23, 2012 at 12:02 pm We’re reading the old classic Caps For Sale! Great story! We agree Caps For Sale is a Great Story! Contact us at our email: winner at waddleeahchaa dot com (Prize must [...]

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Why Read Alouds are a Key Component to a Balanced Reading Program: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY

February 21, 2012 at school
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr / Eric Carle Why we love this book: EVERY home and classroom library should begin with a copy of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See! This week our focus is on reading aloud to children as [...]

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Balanced Reading Program: The Winner

February 17, 2012 at school
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Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 16 Timestamp: 2012-02-17 20:20:56 UTC Congratulations Molly #16! Molly L February 16, 2012 at 3:42 pm nope i hated it. in fact I didn’t really read fluently until 6th grade. The way they teach it in public school is just not how I learn. But my 5 [...]

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A Balanced Reading Program for Homeschool: Book Pack GIVEAWAY

February 13, 2012 at school
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: I Like Bugs by Margaret Wise Brown The Mysterious Tadpole by Steven Kellogg If You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff A Book About Your Skeleton by Ruth Belov Gross Why we love these books: In observance of Valentine’s Day, the holiday of L-O-V-E, we are celebrating [...]

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Me and You: The WINNER

February 10, 2012 at school
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Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 13 Timestamp: 2012-02-10 22:40:08 UTC Congratulations Sherry # 13! Sherry Lykins February 9, 2012 at 11:17 am I can do simple mending, but that is about it. I wish I could!! Contact us at our email: winner at waddleeahchaa dot com (Prize must be claimed by Friday, [...]

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“I Love You” Sign Language Valentine Cards by Children

February 8, 2012 at school
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I learned something new this week. The sign language symbol for “I love You.” Ms Annie traced the hands of the children in her class and created this loving board for all of the parents. I know that Jeannine’s children are busy stitching homemade Valentine cards for friends and family. I thought this would be [...]

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Teaching Children How to Stitch Homemade Valentine Cards: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY

February 6, 2012 art
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Me and You by Genevieve Cote Why we love this book: Look at these two little friends. Aren’t you already in love with them? They are just too cute to resist! Charming, gentle illustrations and simple text send a big message about friendship and individuality! Rabbit and Pig like each [...]

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Gossie and Gertie: The WINNER

February 3, 2012 at school
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Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 1 Timestamp: 2012-02-03 19:09:26 UTC Congratulations Robin #1! Robin January 30, 2012 at 6:13 pm I like the book Owen and Mazie, real friendship between a large tortoise and a orphaned baby hippo.  Contact us at our email: winner at waddleeahchaa dot com (Prize must be claimed [...]

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Valentine Friendship TWO Book GIVEAWAY

January 30, 2012 at school
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Gossie & Gertie and Gossie by Oliver Dunrea Why we love these books: We have an ongoing love affair with best friends Gossie and Gertie. Their friendship is so simple and yet so enduring. Through Gossie and Gertie’s sweet friendship, young children learn important lessons about sharing and the give-and-take [...]

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It’s Easy Being Green: The WINNER

January 27, 2012 at school
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Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 7 Timestamp: 2012-01-27 22:21:30 UTC Congratulations Anissa #7 Anissa January 24, 2012 at 7:57 pm We LOVE books and especially love hand-me-down free books. The bag day at the book sale is the best place to get books. They raised the price to $4 and that is [...]

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FREE Printable 2012 Calendar

January 25, 2012 at school
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Personalized 2012 Calendar, MacGyver, age 8 Better late than never! You’ll see that motto over and over again here at waddlee-ah-chaa because we’re just too darn busy to keep up with life. We began 2012 by planning our father’s BIG 80th Birthday Party. Now we are playing catch-up. We are finally posting our FREE printable [...]

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It’s Easy Being Green: Four Book GIVEAWAY!

January 23, 2012 at school
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: “It’s Easy Being Green” Book Bag The Big leaf Pile (Clifford the Big Red Dog) The Empereor and the Kite by Jane Yolen, Illustrated by Ed Young The Umbrella by Jane Brett Whales by Seymour Simon Today my three grown children are avid readers who read for enjoyment. I know [...]

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Annie Ant: The WINNER

January 20, 2012 at school
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Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 1 Timestamp: 2012-01-20 22:15:07 UTC Congratulations Natalie #1 Natalie January 16, 2012 at 2:10 pm In our family everyone is a mathematician. I went to a school for mathematically gifted for 10 years, and my husband is even stronger than I am in math. Not surprisingly, our [...]

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Make Ten Math Game: Book of the Week GIVEAWAY

January 16, 2012 at school
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Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: Doubling Fun with Annie Ant by Vicki Churchill & Charles Fuge Why we love this book: This simple book is an early introduction to multiplication. The bright illustrations and rhyming text even make it an appropriate read aloud for preschoolers. However, since the book is focusing on multiplication it is [...]

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The Secret Life of a Snowflake: The WINNER

January 13, 2012 at school
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Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 14 Timestamp: 2012-01-13 16:53:24 UTC Congratulations Tiffany # 14 Tiffany January 11, 2012 at 10:44 am Most years we do not get to experience snow. This book is so cool. Next time I am at our local library I will ask them to order this. We would [...]

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W is for Winter: Early Literacy and Math for Preschoolers

January 10, 2012 at school
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What Will the Weather Be Like Today by Paul Rogers is the perfect winter weather book to read here in the Hill Country of South Texas. Once in a blue moon we experience a snow day like last year but on the other hand, we often enjoy sunny warm weather in January. It might get [...]

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