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Who We Are: Our Teacher Recommendations for Children's Books.

We have read them all! Twenty Times! In silly voices! We present to you Common Ground’s vetted list of children’s books for every age! When asked, the most popular authors were Eric Carle (overwhelmingly) and Anna Dewdney, but these were the personal favorites for everyone!

  1. Ms. Marita, Infants Teacher:

    1. The Very Quiet Cricket

    2. Fox in Socks

    3. Rex Wrecks It

  2. Ms. Nha, Infants Teacher:

    1. Pete the Cat

    2. Bloop Bloop Goes the Poop

    3. Press Here

  3. Ms. Patty, Infants Teacher:

    1. The Paper Bag Princess

    2. The Polar Express

    3. Llama Llama Yum Yum Yum

  4. Ms. Pinky, Toddler Teacher:

    1. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

    2. Giraffes Can’t Dance

    3. I Love You, Stinky Face

  5. Ms. Simi, Toddler Teacher:

    1. Five Little Monkeys

    2. Five Little Pumpkins

    3. Mouse Paint

  6. Ms. Kisha, 2s Teacher:

    1. Llama Llama Red Pajama

    2. Little Blue Truck Leads the Way

    3. I’m Dirty!

  7. Ms. Delia, 2s Teacher:

    1. The Gingerbread Man

    2. Where is my Mommy?

    3. The Very Selfish Crocodile

  8. Ms. Janette, 2s ad 3s Teacher:

    1. Pugtato

    2. Puff the Magic Dragon

    3. The Snowy Day

  9. Ms. Vanessa, 3s Teacher:

    1. Brown Bear Brown Bear What do you See?

    2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    3. Little Red Hen

  10. Ms. Petty, 3s Teacher:

    1. Corduroy

    2. Little Red Riding Hood

    3. Goldilocks and the Three Bears

  11. Mr. Josh, 4s Teacher:

    1. The Little Old Lady who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything

    2. Dragons Love Tacos

    3. Elephant and Piggie Books

  12. Ms. Adella, 4s Teacher:

    1. Green Eggs and Ham

    2. Caps for Sale

    3. No, David!

  13. Ms. Victoria, School-Age Teacher:

    1. Dream Big, Little One - Vashti

    2. Harrison, is Everyone Ready for Fun? - Jan Thomas

    3. The Grouchy Ladybug - Eric Carle

  14. Ms. Mimi, Assistant Director:

    1. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear?

    2. Wishy Washy

    3. Dear Zoo

  15. Ms. Liz, Director:

    1. Click Clack Moo, Cow's that Type by Doreen Cronin. I just LOVE how the farm animals organize a union to get better working conditions!

    2. What you do Matters series (what do you do with a problem, what do you do with an idea, what do you do with a chance)

    3. "None the Number" series

    4. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

    5. Charlotte's Web

    6. Harry Potter

  16. Ms. LJ, Teacher:

    1. King Baby

    2. Ladybug Girl and the Beach

    3. Prince and Knight

    4. Chapter Book: The Boggart (The Boggart and the Monster is my favorite, but you should read the first one!)

    5. Chapter Book: The Bailey School Kids — Vampires Don’t Wear Polka Dots is #1, but they’re all amazing

    6. Chapter Book: The Hobbit — There are graphic novel versions too, but it’s a classic, it’s a charming read, and it’s worth it.

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Giving Tuesday 2020 Common Ground Giving Tuesday 2020 Common Ground

Year-Round Giving can be as Simple as a Smile

I love the convenience of Amazon. In a perfect world, I would shop small. I would take my time to make sure I was always shopping with a company who was concerned with sustainability, like a certified B Corp. But life isn’t perfect. I need things to be easy, fast, and at my fingertips, and that’s why I love that Amazon has their AmazonSmile program!

AmazonSmile is probably one of the easiest ways to give there is, and it just takes about a minute to select your charity (Common Ground, of course) and then it takes a few seconds to remember to shop at smile.amazon.com instead of just Amazon. (Lucky for us, from your browser, Amazon will remind you to shop at the AmazonSmile site!

But what about your Amazon app on your phone?

You can Smile there too, but it does take a few extra steps, that you have to repeat twice a year. But since we are all working on flexing our giving muscles, it just requires setting a reminder in your phone for your renewal date.

Ready for your #GiveFundsGiveTime task for today?

  1. Set “The Child Care Center of The Common Ground Foundation” Tax ID: 54-0913856 as your charity on AmazonSmile - you can see how to do that here

  2. Bookmark smile.amazon.com so that you make sure that all of your purchases count! Or better yet, you can always click through to Amazon from our site, because as an affiliate, we also earn commission through links on our site, like in this post!

  3. Turn on ‘Smile’ in your mobile app. Here are the instructions for that!

  4. Set a reminder in your calendar for the renewal date, so that you don’t forget to renew your Smile!

See, that was SO EASY!

Just remember, small gifts, like the time you took to make sure you’re set up with Amazon Smile, can add up to BIG FUNDS when Amazon donates 0.5% of all of our purchases back to Common Ground!

Want to double your impact? Ask your friends if they are set up on AmazonSmile and send them this post to make sure that they give with their purchases too - even if it’s not to Common Ground!

#GiveFundsGiveTime

Love,

Miss Liz

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