tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.comments2009-11-07T06:43:00.709-05:00MotherReaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11274509991340797264noreply@blogger.comBlogger5975125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-30988684097626159642009-11-07T06:43:00.709-05:002009-11-07T06:43:00.709-05:00Girls camps assist the girls in learning new and precious things of life with the support-educated trainers. The specialist team of instructors designs these programs. These training academies are well certified and recognized by the state government. Campers can get lots of knowledge under the direction of devoted instructors. Special teams of doctors are always present in the summer camps. <a href="http://www.girlschools.net/" rel="nofollow">Certified camps for girls</a> are dedicated to offer specialized learning programs for gathering the special desires of campers such as art and sports activities, tour and travel programs, music programs. Main motive of the girls camps is to provide summer camp memories that can serve as inner resources upon which to build character.Girls Campshttp://www.girlschools.net/noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2008/10/poetry-friday-girl-scout-camp-haiku.html?showComment=1257594180709#c3098868409762615964tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-25838019927577398382009-11-06T09:16:15.506-05:002009-11-06T09:16:15.506-05:00Sounds like you have a great weekend coming up! Wish I could be there. Good luck with NaNoWriMo!Suburban Turmoilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14788867412080827567noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/11/booklights-nanowrimo-and-nyc.html?showComment=1257516975506#c2583801992757739838tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-14491327427956247962009-11-05T23:55:23.548-05:002009-11-05T23:55:23.548-05:00Thanks, Pam! I did not write at all today, but I get off work at 1pm (hopefully) tomorrow, so I&#39;m telling myself I&#39;ll get caught up then. <br /><br />KEEP GOING, YOU CAN DO IT!Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09618668989233112126noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/11/booklights-nanowrimo-and-nyc.html?showComment=1257483323548#c1449132742795624796tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-80780927125697733042009-11-05T20:49:29.435-05:002009-11-05T20:49:29.435-05:00I&#39;ve never heard of The Three Silly Girls Grubb. I checked it out at Amazon and can&#39;t wait to read it to my class when we do our fairy tales week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/11/abc-storytime-g-is-for.html?showComment=1257472169435#c8078092712569773304tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-6375989712266224902009-11-05T18:33:51.315-05:002009-11-05T18:33:51.315-05:00*LOL* I can relate to work being stalled by ones supremely annoying life. :-) Have a great time in NYC!Stephaniehttp://starkravingbibliophile.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/11/booklights-nanowrimo-and-nyc.html?showComment=1257464031315#c637598971226622490tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-58823200414506736852009-11-05T14:48:35.560-05:002009-11-05T14:48:35.560-05:00Wish I could make it to NYC this weekend. Your panel sounds amazing! Good luck and have a fabulous time :)Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965647842119649711noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/11/booklights-nanowrimo-and-nyc.html?showComment=1257450515560#c5882320041450673685tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-63899110333916673102009-11-05T04:04:22.638-05:002009-11-05T04:04:22.638-05:00Drive the parents crazy - teach them the Gummibear song! Plus, it&#39;s a nice hard &quot;g&quot;. AND it comes in different languages for a multicultural perspective. See Youtube.The Book Chookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06230711251425187241noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/11/abc-storytime-g-is-for.html?showComment=1257411862638#c6389911033391667310tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-7777803395486571722009-11-03T21:27:33.777-05:002009-11-03T21:27:33.777-05:00Be careful using Giraffe for G... especially if you&#39;re teaching sounds! I&#39;ve always thought G/J, C/K, and S/Z are the hardest letters to teach!<br /><br />I did a brief search and found this one song!<br /><br />G Song - sung to &quot;Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star&quot;<br /><br />When I look around I see<br />Many things that start with G.<br />I see grass and girls galore,<br />I see gloves and so much more.<br />Won&#39;t you look around with me<br />And sing for things that start with G!?<br /><br />Repeat, substituting other words that begin with G for the words &quot;grass,&quot; &quot;girls&quot; and &quot;gloves.&quot; Have pictures of G items on hand while you sing the song.<br /><br />Or, the song here teaches the soft/long g! That might be good to show the difference between the g in girl and the g in giraffe! <br /><br />http://www.songsforteaching.com/marlalewis/gentlegiraffe.htm<br /><br />And one other:<br /><br />http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/songs/g/lettergsong.htm<br /><br />Hope these help!Katiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14478447100569293232noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/11/abc-storytime-g-is-for.html?showComment=1257301653777#c777780339548657172tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-48071377347298693882009-11-03T10:48:22.193-05:002009-11-03T10:48:22.193-05:00Hello,<br />I am an intern at Simon &amp; Schuster in the children’s department, and I was hoping I could get your mailing address. We would love to be able to send books for possible reviews in your blogs and other promotional information. If you would like to specify what kinds of children&#39;s books you prefer, I will happily make a note of it for you. My email address is Rainna.Erikson@simonandschuster.com.<br />Sincerely, Rainna Erikson<br />Publicity Intern<br />Simon &amp; Schuster Children&#39;s Publishing<br />1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020<br />(212) 698-2841Rainnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04431290308743292697noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/poetry-friday-folloween.html?showComment=1257263302193#c4807137734729869388tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-5987351454917548852009-11-03T07:04:39.481-05:002009-11-03T07:04:39.481-05:00Love this poem! And your story:&gt;)<br /><br />I&#39;m doing nanowrimo this year for the first time. I&#39;m writing several chapter books, though, not one longer novel.<br /><br />Did you decide to do it? If so, buddy me--I&#39;m salaslp. (Not sure exactly what buddies do, but I know I&#39;ll need some to survive the month:&gt;)laurasalashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13807781795919555208noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/poetry-friday-folloween.html?showComment=1257249879481#c598735145491754885tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-1516547702151395492009-11-03T03:22:21.284-05:002009-11-03T03:22:21.284-05:00love the rain poem,<br />thought you might like to join celestial elf poetry group here<br />http://celestialelf.ning.com/<br />blessed be<br />_/\_celestial elfhttp://www.celestialelf.co.uknoreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/05/poetry-friday-rain.html?showComment=1257236541284#c151654770215139549tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-83227891213928870352009-11-02T05:11:49.847-05:002009-11-02T05:11:49.847-05:00Nice Video!! Thanks for sharing.Kids Musichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733355674256348756noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/08/carnival-of-childrens-literature-and.html?showComment=1257156709847#c8322789121392887035tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-19898300257480084192009-11-01T21:24:00.952-05:002009-11-01T21:24:00.952-05:00Oh! I love Mordecai Gerstein&#39;s THe Absolutely Awful ALphabet, Jon Stone&#39;s The Monster at the End of this Book and Arrrrggghhhh! Spider! by Lydia Monks as notHalloween, Halloween books.<br />-r~Rachéehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02743173877038094136noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/poetry-friday-folloween.html?showComment=1257128640952#c1989830025748008419tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-86972205696854015792009-11-01T13:44:01.918-05:002009-11-01T13:44:01.918-05:00I think if you have an idea in your head then you absolutely have to give it wings. NaNoWriMo seems the perfect opportunity to do so. Plus you have a lovely family who would encourage and support you and a blogging community who will be rooting for you!! Go Dog Go!Camillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10422449200792287901noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/poetry-friday-folloween.html?showComment=1257101041918#c8697220569685401579tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-51293758174191078052009-10-31T18:21:46.053-04:002009-10-31T18:21:46.053-04:00I&#39;m behind on my blog reading, but wow! Kudos, Pam! I know how much work goes into a conference. That looks incredible. The group picture looks the same as the one we took last year, but with only a few of the same faces. What a big community we have.<br /><br />I&#39;m bummed I missed it, but my word verification is skyrat. I think it&#39;s a sign that I need to hop a plane to Minnesota next year. Good stuff!Kim Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107423503092233303noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/kidlitcon-report-part-iii.html?showComment=1257027706053#c5129375817419107805tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-30027516140262666722009-10-31T06:10:38.278-04:002009-10-31T06:10:38.278-04:00Yes, &quot;November first is when the worst/of monsters hit the streets&quot; in Ohio, too. (Actually, the election nonsense started way back in the summer, but it&#39;s at a frenzy now.) Ohio voters will decide whether or not to amend the state constitution to allow casino gambling in our state. ...Those words shouldn&#39;t be allowed to be in the same sentence (amend constitution and casino gambling). REE-DICKALUS!Mary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/poetry-friday-folloween.html?showComment=1256983838278#c3002751614026266672tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-15065532571749714272009-10-30T19:34:36.544-04:002009-10-30T19:34:36.544-04:00Your poem Falloween was neat, although I didn&#39;t really understand the ending about teens selling magazines.Emily Wilkeshttp://www.emilywilkes.comnoreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/poetry-friday-folloween.html?showComment=1256945676544#c1506553257174971427tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-2973893962234574002009-10-30T19:02:45.876-04:002009-10-30T19:02:45.876-04:00It&#39;s kinda crazy to go from one nutso event to the next, but if you got it, do it!Suzanne Casamentohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08306151428658707692noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/poetry-friday-folloween.html?showComment=1256943765876#c297389396223457400tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-29020901935149480322009-10-30T16:02:22.225-04:002009-10-30T16:02:22.225-04:00I love Nanwrimo! I participated for the first time last year and had a blast. I&#39;m ready to go for it again. It&#39;s fun because writing a novel for a month is such an insane thing to do that the Inner Critic gets completely shut down in the mad rush for words, words, words! I encourage you to sign up and give it a try.Easterhttp://owlinthelibrary.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/poetry-friday-folloween.html?showComment=1256932942225#c2902090193514948032tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-82040088261388456552009-10-30T15:01:34.647-04:002009-10-30T15:01:34.647-04:00I mean, stop caring whether your writing is good on the first draft. You can always go back after November and edit. (Like, say, in March for NaNoEdMo...)Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09618668989233112126noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/poetry-friday-folloween.html?showComment=1256929294647#c8204008826138845655tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-46641105528555393312009-10-30T15:00:37.227-04:002009-10-30T15:00:37.227-04:00Okay, here&#39;s the thing about NaNoWriMo. In order to be successful, you have to stop caring if your writing is good. There is no time to rewrite and there&#39;s hardly any time to even stop and think. SO if you can stop caring about whether your writing is good, DO IT. I have had such fun with it and I&#39;m so excited to start my novel this year! <br /><br />Some years I&#39;ve found more stressful than others, usually dependent on how much I love my idea. Some years (like when I was in library school), NaNoveling was actually a stress release because unlike writing papers (or, say, blog posts that thousands of people will read), when you write your NaNo novel you can just follow your imagination and write something that helps you escape from your own life for a little bit. <br /><br />ANYhoo. You should totally do it. The community is awesome, more and more bloggers are taking part, and it&#39;s something I look forward to every year! <br /><br />PLUS, I will be your writing buddy and send you encouraging messages like &quot;You can do it!&quot;, etc. ;)Abbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09618668989233112126noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/poetry-friday-folloween.html?showComment=1256929237227#c4664110552855539331tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-38450812097708261192009-10-30T11:59:08.022-04:002009-10-30T11:59:08.022-04:00I&#39;m in love with your run-on sentence! I am that last-minute mom/and librarian but I always seem to find the right thing so I guess it works for me! I&#39;ve never done nano but i&#39;m intrigued!Peaceful Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10265198438524420667noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/poetry-friday-folloween.html?showComment=1256918348022#c3845081209770826119tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-76120310106373542372009-10-30T11:43:31.835-04:002009-10-30T11:43:31.835-04:00OH GOD! THE CAMPAIGNERS! Why do they always come to my door when I&#39;m still in my jammies at 3pm? I want to sneeze on them and pretend I have H1N1.<br /><br />And NaNo is TOTALLY worth the insanity. It&#39;s just plain fun.Jenniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02024880986964198385noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/poetry-friday-folloween.html?showComment=1256917411835#c7612031010637354237tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-79624846424681790082009-10-30T06:47:54.133-04:002009-10-30T06:47:54.133-04:00Sounds like you&#39;re in for a great time in NYC! Wish I could make it up to hear you all speak :)<br /><br />Have a safe trip and a wonderful day.Michellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07965647842119649711noreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/booklights-monster-books-and-nyc.html?showComment=1256899674133#c7962484642468179008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21301089.post-29396902966780087292009-10-29T16:11:21.860-04:002009-10-29T16:11:21.860-04:00I wish I lived in NYC at times like these.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comhttp://www.motherreader.com/2009/10/booklights-monster-books-and-nyc.html?showComment=1256847081860#c2939690296678008729