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FUN FAMILY ACTIVITY
Summer Tie Dye Shirts |
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Making tie dyed T shirts is a lot of fun. It can be as simple as dyeing one shirt with one color, or a complex art form involving many colors; many pattern techniques, and dyeing many shirts at once.
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PRINTABLE WORKSHEETS
Number "1" Handwriting |
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Learn to write the letter "E" with 5 practice words. Don't forget to print our blank handwriting paper.
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FEATURED LEARNING TOY
Desert Biodome Terrarium |
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Bytes for little bits! The Baby's Learning Laptop by VTech is an electronic learning toy designed to introduce little ones to computer play.
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Reading Picks for July 2013
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Giraffes Can't Dance
by Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees (Illustrator)
The bestselling Giraffes Can't Dance is now a board book!
Giraffes Can't Dance is a touching tale of Gerald the giraffe, who wants nothing more than to dance. With crooked knees and thin legs, it's harder for a giraffe than you would think. Gerald is finally able to dance to his own tune when he gets some encouraging words from an unlikely friend.
With light-footed rhymes and high-stepping illustrations, this tale is gentle inspiration for every child with dreams of greatness.
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The Day the Crayons Quit
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Drew Daywalt,
Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)
Crayons have feelings, too, in this funny back-to-school story illustrated by the creator of Stuck and This Moose Belongs to Me.
Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: His crayons have had enough! They quit! Beige Crayon is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown Crayon. Black wants to be used for more than just outlining. Blue needs a break from coloring all those bodies of water.
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I'm a Frog!
by
Mo Willems
Gerald is careful. Piggie is not.
Piggie cannot help smiling. Gerald can.
Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to.
Gerald and Piggie are best friends.
In I'm a Frog! Piggie has some ribbiting news! Can Gerald make the leap required to accept Piggie's new identity?
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The Candymakers
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Wendy Mass
In the town of Spring Haven, four children have been selected to compete in the national candymaking contest of a lifetime. Who will make a candy more delicious than the Oozing Crunchorama or the Neon Yellow Lightning Chew?
Logan, the candymaker's son, who can detect the color of chocolate by feel alone?
Miles, the boy allergic to rowboats and the color pink?
Daisy, the cheerful girl who can lift a fifty-pound lump of taffy as if it were a feather? This sweet, charming, and cleverly crafted story, told from each contestant's perspective, is filled with mystery, friendship, and juicy revelations.
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