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Taking Dictation: Crafting Stories with Young Kids

by AmyA
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The following post is by contributor Amy Anderson of Let’s Explore. There is really nothing like the imagination of a young child. Long before they can write their own stories, children are ready and eager to tell their own stories. It is wonderfully empowering for a child to see her words written down as a [...]

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Storytelling Day: The True Story of the Biting Bedbugs

by Robin
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Good night, Sleep tight, Don’t let the bedbugs bite! Not so long ago, and not so far away, there stood a happy house filled with happy people. The happy family spent their mornings together, busying themselves with orange juice and crossword puzzles and playing tag in the front yard and making their beds. They spent [...]

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March’s Storytelling Day: The True Story of Fuzzy Wuzzy

by Robin
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Our storyteller, Robin, is back with a wonderful story for you to share with your kids … Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, Was he? Fuzzy Wuzzy was the oldest bear in a big bear family. He didn’t know for certain, but he thought he was [...]

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Storytelling Day: The True Story of Hickory Dickory Dock

by Robin
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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 [...]

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Storytelling Day: The True Story of Rock A Bye Baby

by Robin

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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