I'm a Finalist for the 2012 Literary Classics Book Awards!!

I'm thrilled to announce that "Sh Sh Sh Let the Baby Sleep" is a finalist in the 2012 Literary Classics Book awards. The winners will be announced on October 15th.To see the complete list of finalists for picture books and young adult books click here.here

Kathy Stemke's websites:
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Fantastic Reading at Indian Rocks Beach!

My husband and I just returned from a fabulous two weeks visiting our daughter and son-in-law in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. We went to the beach, the Chihuly Museum, the aquarium, a tree lighting, tons of garage sales, out on the boat, the villa, the bird sanctuary and many restaurants. We were also in a Christmas parade!! We threw beads and candy to the observers as well as dog bones to the dogs. So Cool!

I was also asked to read my books at the library. Although the children that attended were a little older than usual, we had a great time. They loved jumping on my consonant blends and throwing a bean bag in the basket.

The children were very interested in the recycling crafts and games. They even said, "Can we do more?"As you might imagine, I was thrilled!

I should be appearing in the Indian Rocks Beach newspaper. Next time we visit I'll schedule the other libraries.

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Language Arts Guide for Sh Sh Sh Let the Baby Sleep!

Check out the award winning author, Carolyn Howard-Johnson's blog, The New Book Review, for the language guide for my new book:

                                  Sh Sh Sh Let the Baby Sleep
click here: http://thenewbookreview.blogspot.com/2011/07/book-tour-parents-of-young-kids-and.html#comment-form

Kathy's websites:
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Sibling Rivalry-Sh Sh Sh Let the Baby Sleep Book Tour!

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Please visit me today at Sylvia Ney's blog for a discussion on sibling rivalry.


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Join the fun on the 4th and 5th day of the Sh Sh Sh Let the Baby Sleep Virtual Book tour!

Join the fun on the 4th and 5th day of the Sh Sh Sh Let the Baby Sleep Virtual Book tour!

June 16 Brother Sister Poetry at Connie Arnold’s blog http://childrensauthorconniearnold.blogspot.com

June 17 Favorite Consonant Blends at J Aday Kennedy’s blog http://jadaykennedy.blogspot.com

Kathy stemke's websites:
Moving Through all Seven Days link:http://www.lulu.com/content/e-book/moving-through-all-seven-days/7386965# http://www.helium.com/users/406242.html http://www.associatedcontent.com/user/237923/Kathy_stemke_dancekam.html Follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/kathystemke Follow me on Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=6147172660&topic=4910#!/kathymarescomatthews.stemke?ref=profile Follow me on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pub/kathy-stemke/13/269/285

Sh Sh Sh Let the Baby Sleep Book Trailer

Get ready for my

virtual book tour: June 13th -July 1st

We'll have the history of superheroes, what heroes eat, all about sibling rivalry, famous brothers and sisters, superhero trivia, your favorite consonant blends, and brother and sister poetry.

There'll be lots of prizes!! (gift certificates, books, superhero figurines and bookmarks.....) Every time you answer a question or leave a comment your name goes in the hat for a prize.

This is not your mother's virtual book tour!!!

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CONSONANT BLEND WORKSHEET

Just click on this image to enlarge it. Print it out and use it to practice your sh,th,ch,br,and gr blends.

CONSONANT BLEND FUN!

Consonant Blend Action Rhyme and activities!

Consonant blends are fun to do.
Read them all with me, won’t you?

Float and flutter in the sun.
Twist and twirl and have some fun.

Dribble and drive down the street.
Crawl and crouch on your own feet.

Swing and swim on the big lake.
Prance on in and bake a cake.

Try to fly up in the sky.
Fry some eggs and ask me why.

Consonant blends can really rock.
Practice them around the clock!

Activities

1. Have fun reciting this rhyme.
2. Create actions for this rhyme and perform it together as a class.
3. Let the children do a movement exploration activity with this rhyme.
4. Have the children circle all the consonant blends that they can find in the rhyme.
5. Create a book by drawing pictures for each line of this rhyme.

Consonant Blend Musical Chairs

Set chairs up in alternating directions, and put a consonant blend card on each one. Either use lively music or recite the above poem as the children march around the chairs. When the music stops everyone sits in a chair and comes up with a word that starts with the consonant blend on their card. If they can’t, they are out of the game. The last one left is the winner.


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Rhymes with CH, SH, BR, GR, and TH Sounds!