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Storyplay: Is Your Mama a Llama?

Vendor: SCHOLASTIC Type: Books Price: 7.99 StoryPlay Books offer fun ways to engage with little ones during story time and playtime with prompts and activities that everyone will love! Each quality story will delight readers while building early literacy skills for ages 3-5 by helping them develop: problem-solving abilities, reading comprehension, social development, pre-reading skills, memory strength and more! Each book includes story-related games and crafts to extend the reading experience. Teachers agree that StoryPlay Books are perfect for parents looking to stimulate and engage their kids at home while having fun together!Each book also shines a spotlight on important topics for this age. Is Your Mama a Llama?  - a sweet story about a baby llama trying to guess animal riddles -...

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Carl Douglas & The Big Stampede

Left to right: Dave Brooks, Mike Manners, Carl Douglas, Verdi Stewart, Del Coverley, Del Grace and Tony Charman, late 1966 In the summer of 1974, Carl Douglas’s disco anthem “Kung Fu Fighting” was shipped just as the chopsocky film craze was taking hold. Initially, the single struggled for airplay, but later that year it stormed to the top of the UK and US charts, eventually selling over 11 million copies worldwide. In 2014, to mark the 40th anniversary of his global chart topper, Carl Douglas was preparing a new CD for release, his first collection of new material since 2008’s Return of the Fighter. Although the long-awaited release never appeared, fans were treated to a superb compilation from revered collectors’...

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5 Simple & Fun Ideas for Teaching 3rd Grade Fables

5 Simple & Fun Ideas for Teaching 3rd Grade Fables Are you teaching 3rd grade fables but aren’t sure where to start? RL 3.2 can be a tricky standard, but is SO FUN once you get a clear understanding of it! I have a handful of ideas, activities, and resources that your students will LOVE. Keep reading to check them out! Don’t forget to leave your name & email below to get a set of FREE fable, folktale, and myth library signs sent immediately to your inbox. Idea #1: Use read-alouds! Read-alouds are, without a doubt, the best way to start your 3rd grade fable unit! I can describe a fable until I’m blue in the face – but reading...

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16 Underrated Samurai Movies You Need To Watch

Samurai films — also sometimes called sword fight films and referred to by the Japanese-language term "chanbara" — have been one of the pillars of Japan's film production for pretty much the entirety of its history. The image of the samurai has attracted the fascination of filmmakers working in the jidaigeki (period film) genre for decades: The ghost incarnate of a shared national past, at once refined nobleman and ruthless slayer, carrying with him bygone shadows of both honor and inequality, duty and despotism, glory and gore. That image yielded some of the most towering masterpieces in all of cinema.Those masterpieces have been, incidentally, quite varied. After all, the samurai was never just one "thing" at one time for pre-Modern Japanese society. Their...

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Peppa Pig Toniebox Starter Set by Tonies

Toniebox is the ultimate storytime companion, made for little listeners with big imaginations. The Peppa Pig Starter Set is a bright pink Toniebox that’s amazingly durable and soft at the same time. It stood the test as our active listeners brought it on a road trip to their grandparents house and insisted on holding (read: dropping) it as they went in and out of the car. Transport your child to Peppa’s world as she and her family adventure to help friends and neighbors, visit the aquarium, and soothe a new baby. Peppa shares nine very entertaining stories, complete with familiar character voices, music, and sound effects that bring the story to life. Each story sparks imagination to allow the child...

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