Family Activities . By Maya Smart | September 26 , 2022

Smart Story Time for October: What to Read to Your Child this Month

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Family Activities . By Maya Smart | August 29 , 2022

Smart Story Time for September: What to Read to Your Child this Month

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Family Activities . By Maya Smart | July 25 , 2022

Smart Story Time for August: What to Read to Your Child This Month

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Maya's Favorites . By Maya Smart | July 20 , 2022

Explore the New MayaSmart.com to Find Fabulous, Free Resources for Parents

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Social Emotional, Personal Development, Author & Leader Interviews, Books for Adults . By Maya Smart | October 09 , 2023

Help Your Child Succeed by Uncovering Their Passion, Purpose & Potential

Parenting authors discuss how to help your child find their passions, help your child succeed, and support them to reach their

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Literacy Skills, Early Language, Letters & Sounds, Family Activities, Parent-School Partnership . By Maya Smart | April 10 , 2023

This Mom of a Struggling Reader Created an Educational Board Game to Teach Kids Reading

When one mom’s son struggled to read, she did everything she could to help. Now, she’s created an educational reading board

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Parent-School Partnership, Author & Leader Interviews . By Maya Smart | March 20 , 2023

A Montessori Expert Shares Science-Based Tips for How to Raise a Reader

Family literacy expert Maya Payne Smart, author of Reading for Our Lives, talks with Montessori for All CEO Sara Cotner about the

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Author & Leader Interviews, Books for Adults . By Maya Smart | January 16 , 2023

This Boy We Made: In Conversation with Author Taylor Harris

Literacy advocate Maya Payne Smart interviews Taylor Harris, author of This Boy We Made, A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics and

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Literacy Skills, Author & Leader Interviews . By Maya Smart | April 17 , 2023

Early Literacy Tips for Parents from a Teacher & Bookstore Owner

Get helpful early literacy tips for parents as author Maya Payne Smart interviews former teacher & children’s bookstore owner

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Community, Diversity & Inclusion, Library & Literacy Advocacy, Author & Leader Interviews . By Maya Smart | December 19 , 2022

This Amazing BIPOC Kids’ Book Store Doubles as a Reading Tutoring Center

Author Maya Payne Smart chats with the founder of Rooted MKE, a Milwaukee bookstore, reading tutoring center, and community space

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