Read to My Littles – Growing a love of reading

We love to read. I love to read to my kids. I love to read with my kids. I love to listen to them read to me. I love to listen to them read to each other. And I love reading by myself too.

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Start with our list of favorites for babies to pre-schoolers.

Start with our list of favorites for babies to pre-schoolers.

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The twins turned 5 two weeks ago. They got the bes

The twins turned 5 two weeks ago. They got the best books. Because books make the best gifts.
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#Chess is an amazing game. My mom was on the chess

#Chess is an amazing game. My mom was on the chess team in school. My husband loves chess and has several books he’s read to study it more. “Giddy” is the best word to describe him when I surprised him on our anniversary trip last year by taking him to the Chess and Checkers House in #CentralPark.
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We always figured we’d teach our kids to play chess, but with our oldest only 6 (7 this summer) we figured we were still several years away from that. Our kids haven’t even mastered checkers yet, how could we teach them chess?
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Then I saw someone recommend “Story Time Chess” from @storytimechess on Instagram and decided we’d give it a try. It’s recommended for kids 3 and up and our youngest will be 3 later this summer.
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It’s wonderful! While we know how to play chess, that isn’t a requirement to be able to teach your kids. Each piece has a character and a story to go with it. The game pieces have the traditional look so the kids are familiar with those but they also have a slot to put the character pieces in so they can remember the story associated with them.
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The stories explain why the pieces move the way they do. And rather then jump straight to a game of chess and try to learn all the pieces at once it has smaller games and exercises to do to help drive home how the pieces move independent of each other before putting it all together. And at the end of every game and exercise you are instructed to shake hands and say “good game.”
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Our not-quite-3-year-old did great with the kings and pawns but he’s going to need to grow a bit more before he really grasps the next pieces. Our twins just turned 5 and as part of their birthday interview I asked them what their favorite game to play was and they both enthusiastically said “Chess!” And our almost 7-year-old loves that she gets to do something with her dad that he loves so much.
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Chess! It's for everyone!
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After expressing interest on the original review I saw, the makers of #StoryTimeChess reached out to me and offered me a set in exchange for a review. The opinions here are all mine though.

Some great books for April showers. Where we live

Some great books for April showers. Where we live we won’t really get rain till monsoon season starts in June, but it’s nice dream.
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Inspired by #LunchDoodlesWithMoWillems we made our

Inspired by #LunchDoodlesWithMoWillems we made our own “board” game. The kids love setting up the board and playing with them as the game pieces. I foresee endless expansion packs in our future.
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Most of the fabric from @hancockspaducah and the HTV is @sisernorthamerica EasyWeed.

#LunchDoodlesWithMoWillems inspired one of our 4-y

#LunchDoodlesWithMoWillems inspired one of our 4-year-olds to make The Pigeon and his friend The Flamingo with #Plusplus and I’m expecting more friends to join them soon.
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Such a fun book, especially for my kid who likes e

Such a fun book, especially for my kid who likes every drawing to be perfect. It’s okay to loosen up some times.
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