Once Upon a Time... Vox 2008-06-27T07:04:23Z tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d4142c2ade685e/ there was a Vox group that shared their favorite children's literature Sudoku fever tag:vox.com,2008-06-26:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fad694092f0005 2008-06-26T06:50:16Z 2008-06-27T07:04:23Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Easy Sudoku Puzzles #1 (Dora the Explorer)

I got one of these Dora sudoku sticker books for $1 the other day and my 5yo son is obsessed with it. I went through a brief period of being obsessed with sudoku but lost interest after I worked out how to solve them. They also caused me to get ...

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]]> What I'm reading right now tag:vox.com,2008-06-22:asset-6a00e398a823f8000200fad692fc230005 2008-06-22T21:28:00Z 2008-06-23T04:22:58Z Tamzen http://tamzen.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

3:16: The Numbers of Hope You Are Special

Well, not literally right now. Right now I'm writing this post. Haha. :-) This is what I'm reading these days. And a whole slew of other Max Lucado books I checked out from the library. I love his trademark folksy writing style. What first dre...

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]]> storybook wednesday tag:vox.com,2008-06-19:asset-6a00c2251c367f8fdb00fa967f9f7b0002 2008-06-19T00:27:38Z 2008-06-19T00:27:38Z chris http://godotchris.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom LookyBook got mention in Time Magazine as one of the 50 best websites. Every Wednesday they put out new books to view on line. Enjoy!

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Danny Kaye : I'm Hans Christian Andersen Film Scoring Project - "Battle in the Trees"

It was a very wet and cold weekend in Sydney so we spent quite a bit more time than usual indoors. On Saturday afternoon, the kids and I watched Danny Kaye in Hans Christian Anderson. My mum had found the dvd cheap somewhere and sent it up. We...

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]]> Saturday morning comprehension fun! tag:vox.com,2008-06-14:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fad69133c10004 2008-06-14T03:26:02Z 2008-06-16T00:31:42Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Gold Apple - huge resolution! The Shape Game V+m.jpg The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Pantheon Fairy Tale & Folklore Library)

Wouldn't you just hate to have a frustrated English teacher for a parent at age 9? My daughter has been having a bit of trouble with comprehension tests at school lately (probably because she is not terribly keen on reading) so this morning I got...

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]]> Some poems from my daughter tag:vox.com,2008-06-09:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fa967ca4390002 2008-06-09T04:01:17Z 2008-06-11T02:39:53Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Back in time 100_1717 100_1679

Homework poem Homework sits on top of Sunday squashing Sunday flat Homework has the smell of Monday Homeworks very fat Elephant on the telephone There once was a elephant who tried to use a telephant No! No! I mean an elephone Yes he t...

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]]> Friday 13 on Friday 13th: 13 books I loved as a child tag:vox.com,2008-06-13:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fa967ddf1d0002 2008-06-13T06:46:19Z 2008-06-19T05:24:37Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Milly-Molly-Mandy Stories (Young Puffin Books) The Magic Faraway Tree Mr. Galliano's Circus (Rewards) Snugglepot and Cuddlepie The Ramona Collection, Vol. 1: Ramona the Brave / Ramona and Her Father/Ramona the Pest/Beezus and Ramona Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret The Adventures of Pippi Longstocking The Lorax (Classic Seuss) The Early Bird -- Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? -- Are You My Mother?, 3 Vols. Set (I Can Read It All By Myself Beginner Books, Assorted Volumes) Anne of Green Gables Seven Little Australians A Little Bush Maid & Mates at Billabong : Omnibus Edition Little Town on the Prairie (Little House)

It is interesting to see how many of these books were old fashioned even then. A lot of the books that I had were actually my parents' books when they were children. I still have a lot of them now and Mum still has ...

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The Little Crooked House

Show us something crooked.

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]]> QotD: Since my first post on Vox, I've... tag:vox.com,2008-06-05:asset-6a00e3989f7c4d000500fa967c1ee10003 2008-06-05T03:20:00Z 2008-06-05T03:20:00Z Emu with a Clue http://catandv.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Romeo and Juliet : For Kids (Shakespeare Can Be Fun series)

Look at the first post you ever wrote on Vox. What important developments or changes have occurred in your life since then? Submitted by Alexandra. This was actually my second post as my first just a book review. My second post was on the movi...

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James and the Giant Peach Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing

or, in my 5yo son's case, having read to him (as he can't yet read himself): I felt a bit sorry for him on the weekend as he was trailing around with his book in hand desparate to find out what happened next but needed to wait for people (either ...

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