Who doesn't love Mary Poppins? I hope during our Safer-at-Home time, you will watch this classic movie with your children. Who wouldn't want Mary Poppins as their nanny? All of us agree she brought pure happiness along with some rules to the Banks family - the perfect combination.
Perhaps we cannot have our own Mary Poppins, but we can let her read to our children now. Julie Andrews has created Julie's Library, a podcast for kids. She and her writer and educator daughter, Emma Watson Hamilton, read some of their favorite books aloud. They post a new book reading each week. A sweet Day School mom gave me a great tip: Before actually listening to the reading, look ahead at the book that is being read and, if you do not have that particular book, either do a curbside library pick-up or order on Amazon or Barnes and Noble . Once it comes, then listen and look at the pages. They do a follow up "Picture this: More from the Illustrator" for each book, including simple instructions for children to draw pictures similar to those in the particular book. They also give lots of other book suggestions if your child really loved the one read.
Check out the first episode of the podcast, a reading of Michelle Knudsen's book, Marilyn's Monster, right here.
To find the other books read weekly since the launch of the site, scroll to the bottom and click on "Episodes."
All in all this is a really great "Spoonful of Sugar!"
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