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September 25th: SK Showcase and Weekend Links

by Megan

I’m curious to hear if any of you in the SK community participated in Turnoff Week. I can’t say we completely turned the screens in our home off this week, but we did cut way, way back on TV and computer time. Watching my girls spend more time at the table coloring and creating and [...]

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books and music

Our Unsung Favorite: Carry Me

by Megan

I have to confess to you all that when I asked for your favorite “unsung” children’s literature suggestions, I never could have anticipated such an overwhelming response! You all showed up with more than ninety replies and oodles of book recommendations. What an absolute delight! It makes me feel a bit intimidated to share a [...]

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books and music

Creating Enthusiasm for Books Beyond Reading

by Megan

Many parents know that reading to a child for just fifteen minutes a day builds strong pre-literacy skills. Study after study provides resounding evidence that reading aloud to even the youngest children (including and especially pre-verbal babies) lays the groundwork for a strong sense of language mastery. In the article “Setting the stage for a [...]

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Simple Kids is about celebrating the freedom of childhood. Our writers come from a variety of backgrounds and experience, but we have one common goal: we love our children. We try to complicate parenting, but it doesn't have to be hard. Childhood can be simple. We celebrate that.