Hello Book Bums families! This week in the newsletter Dr. Christy shares more about her new podcast series on the sounds we hear in words as well as a short quiz you can take to test yourself. You’ll also find all your favorite, regular features. For National Poetry Month in April we return to our […]
Hello Book Bums families! Here’s a simple game to play with your family to welcome the first days of spring. Just choose a category and try to think of items in the category for each letter of the word spring. You could try food, flowers, or things you find in a backpack. It’s a great […]
Hello Book Bums families! This Monday is Saint Patrick’s Day (a holiday more popular here in America than in Ireland), so we are sharing some Irish fun in this week’s newsletter. We have ideas for celebrating with kids, tips to help you write your own limerick, tongue twisters, vocabulary, and all the regular features you’ve […]
Hello Book Bums families! This week in the newsletter Dr. Christy shares how you can use a simple picture book to explore new writing techniques. We also have some exciting podcast news! In the Literary Calendar section of this installment, we share some information about Erma Bombeck. She has so many quotable quotes, it was […]
Hello Book Bums families! Happy Valentine’s Day! ‘Tis the season for sweet notes, poetry, and love stories, and this week in the newsletter we have all that and more. Read to the end for a special note about Book Bums holiday hours. Bookbums.com is an Amazon Associate; We earn from qualifying purchases. This means that […]
Hello Book Bums families! When life gets busy and messy, as it often does, it’s good to know what your priorities are and what values you want to lean on. This week Dr. Christy shares ideas and lessons from reading and a favorite tv show. We also have a Valentine’s Day craft that’s for the […]
Hello Book Bums families! This week in the newsletter Dr. Christy talks about No Guess Zones. We also share a February craft, a winter word, some American history, and some comic relief about the English language. We always enjoy hearing from you! Reply to this email to tell us what you like about the newsletter […]
Hello Book Bums families! Here at Book Bums you know we love to think about words and language. But once I learned them, I couldn’t resist sharing some math facts about our current year, the number 2025. • First, it’s a perfect square, meaning it’s the product of 45×45. • Second, you can break 2025 […]
Hello Book Bums families! We hope you are staying warm in the snowy, frigid weather we’ve been having. This week in the newsletter we’re thinking about audio book experiences, noticing allusions in reading and conversation, and sharing some MLK day news. We begin, though, with a poem appropriate for the wintertime. Blizzard by Linda Pastan […]
Hello Book Bums families! Welcome to 2025! For many people, the new year is a season of fresh starts, so in this week’s newsletter we have book recommendations to build confidence, ideas for encouraging your kids by thinking out loud, and a whole list of ways to build reading time into your family. There’s also […]