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grinning girl

Thanks for visiting Simple Kids. If you subscribe to the blog via RSS feed or via email, you’ll get helpful tips and inspiration for simple parenting sent straight to you, for free!“Mommy, why did the chicken cross the road?” my son Max sets up the joke, a huge grin on his face. Then, [...]

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toy mouse

Hickory dickory dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down
Hickory dickory dock

Mouse families aren’t so different from people families. Mouse families live together and love each other and play together and support each other. And just like you do, every mouse in the family has a job or two. Yours might [...]

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Today’s focus on reading is a guest post from author Max Elliot Anderson who offers encouragement to parents of reluctant readers:
As a child, I never liked to read. When I mention this to someone today, I can anticipate the reaction.  Mouths drop open in disbelief, followed by a gasp. “You’re kidding!” often follows.  That’s [...]

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Photo by Lin Pernille  Photography
We will be back on track with What We’re Reading Wednesday next week, but for today I wanted to share this charming story from the Simple Kids storyteller – Robin.  I’ve read her telling of Rock A Bye Baby several times now, and I still get a little choked up [...]

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I never cease to be amazed by the power of community, and I am so thoroughly blessed by the community here at Simple Kids.
Last week when I shared some thoughts on Resisting the Rush, Erin of exhale. return to center shared this thought in the comments:
i had lost track of when christmas is (despite two [...]

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