Teach Your Children to Practice Mindfulness and Watch How They Thrive
Mindfulness practices can help teach kids how to take productive “breaks” from their stress by recognizing it as a challenge they can navigate.
How a Parent Can Check if an Educational App Is Safe for Their Child
Allowing your kids to play online apps naturally comes with worry. Here are eight steps you can take when researching the safety of an educational app for your child.
Enjoy your Family Road Trip by Taking Simple Steps to Prevent Meltdowns
As every parent knows, traveling with children can be the ultimate test of patience. When it comes to long road trips, parents struggle with not only their child’s restlessness but also their own.
Introduce Your Child to the Books that Inspired their Favorite Movies
Many children don’t realize their favorite movies originate from much-loved children’s books. Movies regularly leave out significant parts of an original story to fit into a two-hour timeframe.
Fun, Friends, and Books: Starting a Book Club for Kids at Home
Kids book clubs has many benefits for young readers. It provides a structured, fun way to engage with books and can also help build social skills, encourage creativity, and foster a lifelong love of reading.
Unleash the Fun: Transform Reading and Writing into Engaging Games for Kids!
Game-based learning is not only entertaining; it helps children connect what they are learning to the real world.
How Inspiring Your Child at Home Can Lead to a Lifetime of Learning
Most parents have been there. Whether it’s a child who avoids math or doesn’t want to read, it’s common to experience pushback when our children don’t feel successful.
Celebrate National Hug Your Dog Day on April 10th
April 10th is National Hug Your Dog Day! What better way to celebrate than with some fun and silly dog jokes! This wonderful day was created by Ami Moore, an author, and canine behaviorist, to save the pet.
Discover the World Together: Dive into Non-Fiction with Your Child!
Children’s literature is long associated with fictional characters, plots, and settings. In recent years the popularity of nonfiction children’s books has risen. See how co-reading with your child can help build their reading skills.
Engaging Activities to Foster a Love of Reading in Kids
As parents, we understand the importance of giving our little ones the best start in life. One of the most significant ways we can do this is by helping them develop a love for reading, writing, and storytelling.
How to Create an Inspiring Space for Learning
Children have a variety of needs when it comes to their preferred learning space. While ensuring limited distractions and a low-noise environment might be no-brainers, it’s essential to consider your child’s unique needs when creating a learning environment.
Make Valentines’ Day a Family Celebration
Many children look forward to receiving candy and cards from classmates, but Valentines’ Day can be a great excuse to celebrate the love we share within our families.
Creative Ideas to Build Your Child’s Vocabulary
If you’ve read a child a nursery rhyme, you’ve experienced first-hand how children embrace the ease and flow of a rhyming text, which makes the transition from nursery rhymes to children’s poetry a natural one.
How to Spark a Love for Poetry in Childhood
If you’ve read a child a nursery rhyme, you’ve experienced first-hand how children embrace the ease and flow of a rhyming text, which makes the transition from nursery rhymes to children’s poetry a natural one.
Children’s Literature is Beloved throughout History: Here’s Why
Myths, fables, and fairytales allowed adults to entertain children and establish cultural norms throughout history. Children’s literature has evolved over the ages, often stemming from stories as early as 400 BC.
How To Make New Year’s Resolutions as a Family
As we inch closer to the end of the year and the beginning of the next, it's time to start planning goals for 2023. You may have decided on personal resolutions in the past, but why not include the whole family?
Celebrating the New Year From Around the World
New Year celebrations are happening worldwide as we ring in 2023. Almost every culture has its unique traditions to celebrate the new year.
Create Wonder and Excitement this Holiday with the Gift of Reading
Finding the perfect gift for the young people in your life can sometimes be daunting. Giving the gift of literacy is a wonderful way to say, “I love you!”.
Supporting Passion and Curiosity for Small Children in Big Ways
We all know at least one or two kids who are fixated on a specific topic or passion that goes beyond simple curiosity. These children are unique in thought, spirit, and personality.
Need Help Finding Fun Ways to Engage Reluctant Readers in Your Life?
The emphasis on reading and literacy has never been so important. The COVID Pandemic profoundly impacted literacy rates in children across the country.