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Book Love

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One of the first parenting/education blogs I ever read was Imagination Soup. Melissa is an amazing resource for fun ideas and great advice. We’ve gotten to know each other know through our blogs and now I’m thrilled to be a part of her launch team for her new book, Book Love.

The book is a wonderful resource of fun, practical, and easy-to-implement ideas for your young reader. Do you have beginning readers? This book will help you foster a lifelong love of reading. Do you have reluctant readers? Melissa will help you pin-point the problem and will give you ideas to get from reluctance to enthusiasm.

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Here’s what you’ll find in the book:

  • Activities and product recommendations.
  • Word attack and reading comprehension strategies.
  • The big reasons kids hate to read and what to do about them: too boring, too tricky, too blurry, too “sitty”.
  • Book lists organized by kid-interests.

You can purchase Book Love: Help Your Child Grow from Reluctant to Enthusiastic Reader 1st Edition for your Kindle (you can also read it on just about any device by downloading the free reading app) or you can buy the paperback edition here.I truly believe both parents and educators could benefit from Book Love. I know I did!

Know How To Play

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A happy reminder for today. Go out and play!

If you would like to print this out as a reminder, click on the image and it should print as a 4×6 image.

A Love of Books

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How do you promote a love of books with your kids?

Give me your best advice in the comments. I’ll compile them and share your advice in an upcoming post about encouraging a love of books. (If you have your own blog, leave me the link so I can include it as well.)

Kid’s Co-op: Full of Great Advice

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It’s Friday and you know what that means? It’s time for the Kids Co-op! Link-up your favorite kid-related post and make sure and check out all the fun that has been linked up from other bloggers.

There was so much information shared last week from crafts to outdoor activities. There was also sensory play ideas, baby play ideas, book recommendations, kid-friendly recipes and more. Today, I’d like to share three posts that are full of wonderful parenting advice.

B. Inspired, Mama! shared 13 Tips for Taming Toddler Aggression.

In week 2 of their series “10 Simple Ways to Connect With Your Child,” One Perfect Day talked about listening. It’s a must read!
Now it’s time for you to share all the fun you’ve been having! Please join up and share your favorite post. (And, we’d love you forever if you’d link back to us!) Your link will show up on all of the hosts blogs. It’s time to link up, visit some new blogs, and have a lot of fun!

One Year Ago Today…

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One year ago today, I started up this space.

I was just a couple of months into being a stay-at-home mom.

I was looking for a creative outlet and a space to share some of the fun things the girls and I were doing.

I was already a reader of many fun kid blogs and wanted my own space.

One year ago today, this space was called My Creative Family.

But, along the way, this changed.

I decided to buy my own domain and discovered that someone else already owned My Creative Family. So, I pondered my dilemma and thought about new names.

I was nervous to change, but I finally convinced myself I should.

My Creative Family became Creative Family Fun.

One year ago today, my husband was the only one reading my blog.

Today, there are over 1000 of you. Thank you!

I know I don’t say it enough, but I appreciate each and every one of you. I appreciate your comments, your sharing, your Facebook likes, and your Pinterest pins.

Today, I not only blog for myself, but for you as well. I hope you continue to enjoy and find value in what I write.

One year ago today, I was in this alone.

Today, I am happy to say that I have friends from all over the world. Friends that I can ask blogging-related questions to. Friends that support me as I support them. Friends that celebrate with me. Friends that are full of advice for both my blog and parenting. Friends that I am so thankful to have in my life.

One year ago today, I was thankful for this space and the opportunity to self-publish.

Today, I am still thankful for that. I’m thankful for the opportunities that have come my way because of this space. I’m thankful for the people I’ve met and the friends I’ve made because of this space. I’m thankful for all the fun activities the girls and I have done because of this space. But, most of all, I’m thankful for you.

Thank you!