Get your babies, toddlers, and preschoolers minds and bodies engaged with these delightful interactive books! Delightful Interactive Books for Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers Give and Take by Lucie Felix This is a very heavy board book with simple text with action words. Readers remove and place sturdy cardboard shapes on the pages directing so. Give / Take. Find / Hide. Open / Close. I'm … [Read more...]
The Best Narwhal Books for Kids
Do you have a child who LOVES narwhals? I do! Which means we read narwhal books, write narwhal stories, and collect narwhal plush toys. (Her last birthday party was narwhal themed!) Based on our research, here are the best narwhal books for kids. ENJOY! The Best Narwhal Books for Kids Narwhal Unicorn of the Sea (book #1) by Ben Clanton My daughter is the biggest fan of narwhals so we … [Read more...]
Helpful Parenting Book of Bite-Sized Wisdom
What Great Parents Do: 75 Simple Strategies for Raising Kids Who Thrive by Erica Reischer, PhD resonates strongly with me because it's in line with both my belief in the importance of our own self-growth and my openness to continue learning how to be my best parent self. It's a helpful parenting book of bite-sized wisdom, easily digestible for parents of any age child. (Personally, I think I'm … [Read more...]
The Memory Palace: Collaborative Storytelling Game
The Memory Palace is a collaborative storytelling game from Peaceable Kingdom for ages 5+ that builds memory and imagination. It encourages communication, creativity, storytelling, and memory. The Memory Palace: Collaborative Storytelling Game First players set out the picture cards in any position. Randomly put three of the monster tokens face down in three rooms. Then players take … [Read more...]
Dinosaur Scavenger Hunt for Preschoolers
Preschoolers LOVE playing with toys, right? They'll love this fun hide and seek color recognition activity with toy dinosaurs. It's learning. It's fun. It's engaging. Head over to the Learning Resources' blog where I wrote up a fun dinosaur hunt activity for your preschoolers. There you can download two free printable scavenger hunts. … [Read more...]
Why You Should Encourage Kids to Start a Writing Journal (and How to Start)
Summer gives you the perfect opportunity to encourage your kids to start writing a journal. The benefits of journal writing include improved writing fluency, improved communication skills, and increased confidence. Among other things. Why You Should Encourage Kids to Start Writing a Journal Once kids can pick up a pencil or crayon, they can start writing a journal. It doesn't have to … [Read more...]
Delightful New Picture Books for Summer
If you're looking for newly published picture books, summer 2017, keep these delightful choices in mind. Maybe even put some on hold at the library. Because there are lots of great books to read with kids. Delightful New Picture Books for Summer (2017) I'm Silly (My First Comics) by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm EMOTIONS Tizzy Tornado is feeling silly. But Tizzy's acted too silly and … [Read more...]
Lovely Fairy Tales and Myths to Enjoy With Children
Some of these newly published fairy tales and myth books are familiar while others are totally new. Read these stories with your children. Then see what wonderful discussions you might have as you explore the richness and meaning of the stories together. Fairy tales began as allegories to explain abstract concepts with themes of birth, death, love, jealousy, growing up, and … [Read more...]
Folktales for Kids
Do your kids know about folktales? These are stories from a culture's oral traditions meant to share values and / or explain something in the natural world or about human nature, often are about ordinary people, and can including talking animals like fables. Sometimes folktales contain a wise life lesson at the end just like a fable does. When researching about folktales, it is clear that there … [Read more...]
What’s a Good Book for a New Reader?
What is a good book for your new reader to read? How about 8!? These new easy readers just hit the shelves. I think you'll find them entertaining for your growing readers to read. Repeatedly. :) What's a Good Book for a New Reader? What Is Chasing Duck? by Jan Thomas Jan Thomas is one of my favorite authors because her stories are always hilarious kid-favorites and her illustrations … [Read more...]
10 Top Learning Toys for Kids (Including Diverse Learners)
It's always win-win when you discover FUN learning toys for your kids, right? Like the toys from Learning Resources® that appeal to and engage with all children as well as the diverse group of learners on the autism spectrum. These toys and products are wonderfully open-ended, marvelously educational, and very long-lasting. See if you agree about these fantastic learning toy choices for … [Read more...]
Picture Books About Being True to Yourself
It's important to read picture books about being true to yourself so that as our kids grow, they feel comfortable being themselves. We want them to both know themselves as well as be proud of who they are. Seeing this in picture books can prompt that discussion and remind us to encourage our kids. Who they are is perfect and lovable. Author and illustrator, Eric Wight, tells his kids, … [Read more...]