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		<title>In a culture of interruption, two great ways to teach a child one of life&#8217;s most basic values.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two doable ways to help your child quit all that interrupting!]]></description>
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		<title>One word that proves kids love language as much as they love dessert.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter the age, serve 'em language desserts, and kids always want more! ]]></description>
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		<title>How I got kids to take up reading in a home with no print in sight.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I left that first family literacy home visit filled with questions. Had I sown any seeds there? Would that book-sharing prompt more reading and interacting with print in Suzanna’s home? Would Suzanna and her family ask to adopt another lonely book from our classroom?]]></description>
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		<title>Why a little conversationalist is bound to be a leader.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:52:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what do you do to help your child be the powerful talker who’s leading the pack in a positive direction? It’s really quite simple.
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		<title>The life-changing article that educators in CA &amp; TX sent home with every student.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The words "When you go to college . . ." are powerful because they convey an expectation that the child is headed to college. ]]></description>
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		<title>How I helped a 7-year-old find dessert in an eat-your-spinach world.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 14:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Long ago, I found that serving desserts to kids works every time. Even when those desserts are of the word and poem and story and book ilk. Those desserts quickly move kids into an “I wanna read!” mode.
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		<title>How I explain to kids that I&#8217;m a stripper: With a poem, of course.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why I tell kids about my work as a stripper to teach a bit of phonics and a prefix...and to share all my ins and outs of writing.]]></description>
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		<title>The story behind my Kids&#8217; Café™: It all started with a little pat on the back.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:14:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[She did it. She did it, I think, because I’d asked. And I think she did it because she recognized that she had, in fact, been doing something really important for her child now and for his future.]]></description>
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		<title>One word that proves your child is listening to you, loud and clear.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:36:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What kind of shy is it when a child acts on a stated expectation of the parent or caregiver? If one throws out the label, shy, does it then become a habit for the adult...and child? Ah! Awareness...and a tip to build child's self-confidence!]]></description>
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		<title>How to put kids&#8217; natural love of word play to work for phonics.</title>
		<link>http://www.ilikeme.com/blog/?p=1297</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning to hear word parts, separate those parts, and then put them back together is an all-important reading-readiness skill. Yep, it’s one of the skills that helps children make sense of phonics in order to learn to read.]]></description>
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