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Brilliant review by brilliant book mama...sniff!
(from GREAT MEMORIES: Book MAMA's April Pick For Moms)on 04/02/12Share your opinion
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We love this book, MAMAs...so much so that we interviewed the author, Cindy Muchnick on our radio show! She's a genius and to get her priceless insights...get the book. We give it the O-MAMA double thumbs up!
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"I'm curious about everything--even things that don't interest me." Alex Trebek
There are so many things I love about this book that I don't even know where to begin. First of all, since it was published 7 years ago, I'm wondering how I missed it, though I did have 2 toddlers at the time, so I wasn't exactly lounging around the house with the New York Times Book Review and steaming cappuccinos. So hopefully I'm not way behind the curve on this one. If you've all read it before, go read it again, I guess. I plan to.
I am HIGHLY recommending it to ALL. Here's my top ten reasons why:
10. Jacobs set himself a big giant goal--reading the entire Encyclopaedia Brittanica--and he accomplished that goal. He actually did it. This is his "book report" of that experience, as it were. I cannot remember the last time I had a goal that I...
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My daughter got glasses last year. She actually had what we now call an “academic makeover.” She got ear tubes, glasses, and medication and is making some great strides in school now which is exciting though it continues to be a gradual process. More often than not, we take 2 steps forward, 1 step back and there is always lots of heavy handed supervising by mom. But I have definitely lost some sleep wondering how long she was not able to see distances (like the board in her classroom.)
Kids generally don’t know when something is wrong because they’ve never known anything different. Unless something drastic happens—like a kid breaks a bone or something, most kids will just assume that “this” (whatever the situation may be) is how things are supposed to be—how it is for everyone…and until her “well check” last year, we had no idea...
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My older daughter was the one I thought was going to be an artist. She was utterly compelled as a toddler and even into her early grades to draw and paint—all the time. I had stacks and stacks of her drawings and various “mixed media” artworks. It was absolutely an every day thing for her…to the point where we have always dedicated an area of wherever we are living to ART and MESSES. I had major trouble finding places to store everything, and for both girls, I’ve always saved as much as is humanly possible before the scary “hoarding” zone. I’ve had tons of their work framed and most of our house is decorated with their artwork and my artwork and my grandma’s paintings and come to think of it, my mother-in-laws’ paintings as well. So she comes by it naturally, for sure. But slowly but surely, other interests have begun to occupy...
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Review from www.childcareexchange.com
"This book captures, shares, and sparks the continuation of conversations initiated at the inaugural Working Forum for Teacher Educators in Auckland, New Zealand. Vibrant, challenging, and inspiring conversations at the Working Forum have led to the bringing together of this book with the intention of continuing professional dialogues and of adding voices to the growing global commitment to early childhood teacher education.
The Working Forum for Teacher Educators began conversations with a wealth of experienced voices from around the world. What better place to start the conversations than with the tapestry of voices, thoughts, and experiences that came together on these days. This book is for all student teachers, teacher educators, and early childhood professionals who choose to share in, and...
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Fun, easy read especially for anyone facing anything equal to or beyond a 15th or 20th reunion to either high school or college. I’m 43 and a big reunion-avoider, but I really liked it. My mom is 68 and a dedicated reunion attendee, and she loved it.
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