Reading With Your Kids Podcast

Latest Episodes:

Reading With Your Kids - The Elephant In The Room May 30, 2021

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"Feelings travel, even when people can't." The #ReadingWithYourKidsPodcast welcomes Holly Goldberg Sloan! Holly talks with us about her 7th children's book, The Elephant in the Room, and how it has inspired her to teach her young audience about dealing with adversity. Inspired by her Turkish background, The Elephant in the Room follows Sila, a young Turkish girl, as she navigates a new world without her mother. Holly wants kids to understand that our differences don't have to be our downfalls.

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Reading With Your Kids - 28 Years In The Making May 29, 2021

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Two great authors share stories you can use to inspire your kids to be superheroes. Jerald Hoover introduces us to his Hero Book Series, a series he started writing 28 years ago on an ironing board. And Darrel Gregory tells us how his grand daughters inspired him to write "I'm Not Very Good At It"

Click here to visit Jerald's website - https://www.theherobookseries.com/

Click here to visit Darrel's website - https://www.dgregory.ca/

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Reading With Your Kids - Learning American Sign Language May 28, 2021

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Kathleen Marcath is a veteran Special Education Sign Language Supporter. This experience has kindled her passion for helping children reach their educational potential. She is on to celebrate My Big Monster Truck Goes Everywhere With Me, a picture book illustrated in American Sign Language. She is delighted to help kids learn to communicate in ASL

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Reading With Your Kids - Capturing Cow Farts & Burps May 27, 2021

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We can protect the planet by capturing cow farts?! Erin Twamley joins Jedlie & Alexia to celebrate her attention catching book Capturing Cow Farts & Burps. Did you know there are over 2 billion cows alive on the planet? And that those cows are creating lots of farts that are adding to our climate crisis. Erin tells us how we can inspire our kids to become everyday superheros working together to save our planet

Click here to visit Erin's website - https://erintwamley.com/

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Reading With Your Kids - Summer Reading Fun! May 25, 2021

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Lizette Serrano, Vice President of Educational Marketing preview's Scholastic's Summer Reading Program. As we discuss the many benefits of reading it becomes clear that one of the most important is love, the love that grows between family members through reading.

Click here to be a part of Scholastic's Summer Reading Program -

www.scholastic.com/summer

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Reading With Your Kids - Creative Parenting May 24, 2021

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A creativity expert, Nina Meehan inspires the broader community as a skilled theatre producer, award-winning director, and dedicated arts educator, with expertise in youth development. Her work focuses on nurturing innovation and connecting people in our increasingly digital world. She shares some fantastic ways that creativity can bring families closer.

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Reading With Your Kids - Kita & The Magic Paint May 23, 2021

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Laura Schaumer is on the #ReadingWithYourKids podcast! Laura is here to tell us about her self-published children's book, Kita and the Magic Paint. Inspired by her own daughter, Laura's book follows Kita the Raccoon as she learns the joy of mixing colors to create something new and magical.

What to Listen For

In this episode, we discuss self-publishing, making a mess, and learning from our children. Here are some highlights;

Laura tells us - "I didn't know about self-publishing in the beginning" and shares her journey.

Laura tells us that she wanted to make sure no matter where you're from, you can relate to her main character Kita.

And Laura tells us why she believes that "Getting messy is probably one of the most important things that children should be doing."

Click here to visit Laura's website - https://www.lauraschaumerbooks.com/

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Reading With Your Kids - The Vanishing Lake & Wondrous Cloud Forest May 22, 2021

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Our World is quite an amazing place. We welcome two author/illustrators to celebrate amazing spots. Paddy Donnelly tells us all about The Vanishing Lake and the wonderful friendship between a girl and her grandfather. Then Wendra Lynne takes us into the Cloud Forest, and tells us how we can paint with coffee

Click here to visit Paddy's website - https://lefft.com/

Click here to visit Wendra's website - https://www.bywendra.com/

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Reading With Your Kids - Diego the Dodo May 21, 2021

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Authors Parveen K & Tammy Co are on the RWYK Podcast to celebrate their debut Picture Book Diego The Dodo. This is a delightful story about determination and courage. Our guests tell us how they came to be writing partners and how we can encourage our kids to find the strength to face difficult challenges.

Click here to visit Parveen & Tammy's website - https://www.diegothedodo.com/

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Reading With Your Kids - Earth Warrior May 20, 2021

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Gary Haq is a human ecologist. He has authored several reports and academic papers on transport, air pollution, climate change, behavior and lifestyle. He is also the author of My Dad The Earth Warrior, a fun middle grade novel. Gary tells us how we can inspire our families to become Earth Warriors.

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