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Children cannot bounce off the walls if we take away the wallsIn this house we do lazy summers. We do sleeping in, and staying up lateMmmm....can you smell themWhen a parent reads aloud, it is a bonding between the parent, the child, the book, and the familyI like having conversations with kids. Grownups never ask me what my third favorite reptile isPlay builds the kind of free-and-easy, try-it-out, do-it-yourself character that our future needs6 reasons to go on a walkThe evidence has become so overwhelming that social scientists now consider read-aloud time one of the most important indicators of a child’s prospects in lifeTell me and I’ll forget. Teach me and I’ll remember. Involve me and I’ll learnTHINGS I WANT TO PAUSE AND NOTICE ABOUT MY KIDS THIS WEEKBe that person who roots for others. Who tells a stranger they look amazing and encourages others to believe in themselves and their dreamsAll really good picture books are written to be read five hundred timesSometimes we need someone to simply be thereThe world is better because you are in itReading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledgeBe Gentle With Yourself You’re Doing The Best You CanChildren should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in schoolWHEN CHILDREN PLAY WITH BLOCKS THEY ARE LEARNINGDon’t become preoccupied with your child’s academic ability, but instead teach them to sit with those sitting alone. Teach them to be kindPlay is the highest form of researchWith the right words, you can change the worldBe a rainbow in someone else’s cloudI can smell, hear, feel, and taste this pictureSix year olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh and average of 50 times a day. Be six againYour circle should want you to win. Your circle should clap the loudest when you have good news