Just catching up with a few December pictures of the kids. We have some from making props for our grocery store theme, and also from the day we decorated (and enjoyed eating) our reindeer muffins.

Top 10 Ways to Encourage Children to Read Over Winter Break

Okay, many preschoolers don't read too much by themselves yet. But they spend independent or buddy time with books daily here at Dike Newell. This article shares some nice ideas about vacation reading. Hope you try some!

 http://nerdybookclub.wordpress.com/2013/12/07/top-ten-ways-to-encourage-children-to-read-over-winter-break-by-katherine-sokolowski/