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SciWo's Storytime: Sally and the Purple Socks

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Taking a break from the science-y books and from the donor requests, this week Minnow and I want to share one of our new favorite books. This is the first book that we've checked out of the library that Minnow...

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SciWo's Storytime: Pumpkins

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This week Minnow and I are pleased to honor the first request from a DonorsChoose Challenge giver. (There's still time, donate enough to complete a project, email me the receipt and you too can request a story.) I'll admit to...

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Donors Choose: Reach $1750+ or 10+ more donors and Alice will donate 10% on top!

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Folks, we are heading into the home stretch for Donors Choose, and you've helped 1084 kids get access to books they wouldn't have had without your help. That's great. But we can do better. So.... 24 Sciencewomen blog readers have...

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SciWo's Storytime: Bugs

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This week, Minnow and I present "Where do Insects Live?" in the Science Emergent Readers Series, from which we've previously featured a book on oceans. (Yes, I am using bugs in the colloquial sense and not just to refer to...

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SciWo's Storytime: Lakes and Ponds

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This week on SciWo's Storytime, we're reading about Lakes and Ponds in a book by Cassie Mayer, from the same series as an earlier episode about oceans. While the text of this series of books is simple, I'm finding that...

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SciWo's Storytime: Predator-Prey Relationships (Little Cottontail)

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A few nights ago, Minnow was in the mood to make videos of some of her favorite books - almost any books, except ones with an overt scientific bent. Right now, she wants books with a storyline, and I'm afraid...

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SciWo's Storytime: Ocean!

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In support of our on-going DonorsChoose challenge, this month Minnow and I will be exploring science-related books for SciWo's storytime. I have to admit, I'm enjoying the challenge of finding sciencey books appropriate for a 2.5 year old's attention span....

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SciWo's Storytime: My Pop-Pop is a Pirate

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Last Saturday was International Talk Like a Pirate Day and Minnow and I got into the spirit of the day by reading the only toddler-appropriate pirate book I know: My Pop-Pop is a Pirate by Pat Croce. (Even if you...

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SciWo's Storytime: Move Over Rover

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Welcome to the second installment of SciWo's Storytime, a low-production cost substitute for the recently canceled children's television classic, Reading Rainbow. This week, Minnow and I have been enjoying the book "Move Over Rover" by Karen Beaumont and illustrated by...

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SciWo's Storytime: A Mother for Choco

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Did you know that after a 26 year run, Reading Rainbow is no longer producing episodes? "Butterfly in the sky, I can fly twice as high. Take a look, it's in a book, a reading rainbow" is no longer enchanting...

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