My husband and I delighted in reading a picture book to our kids about a shy man named Halibut Jackson who made specially crafted outfits designed to blend into his environment. Halibut Jackson by David Lucas Halibut Jackson is shy and doesn’t want to be noticed so he makes special outfits designed to blend into the…
Month: May 2016
These Girls Can Climb: Rock Climbing Prodigies
PickyKidPix is fascinated by child prodigies. Apparently there are a lot of YouTube videos on them. By making me watch them, she illuminated several misconceptions I had about prodigies. Prodigies are not just in music and math. I didn’t realize there were rock climbing prodigies. Is it nurture or nature? I would have thought the…
Top 26 Baseball Chapter Books That Are a Hit
Looking for baseball chapter books that your child will love? Check out our top selection, perfect for kids who love baseball! It’s baseball season in Boston! That can only mean checking the schedule to see when the Red Sox home games are because traffic is brutal in the Fenway on game days. My kids chuckle…
17 Wonderful Diverse Mysteries for Ages 8-18
Please welcome my guest blogger today, author Kristen Kittcher! We both came up with our favorite diversity mysteries for kids and I’m surprised how there is very little overlap! I have a feeling that there are more great mysteries written by authors of color or with protagonists of color or with special needs. Can you help…
Teach Kids Social-Emotional Skills with Povi
A study in the American Journal of Public Health found that early social competence was a consistent, significant predictor of outcomes in education, employment, criminal justice, substance use, and mental health. In fact, for every one-point increase in a child’s social competence score, he or she was: Twice as likely to attain a college degree 54 percent…
20 Great New Early Chapter Books
I was a first-round judge for The Cybils Easy Readers and Early Chapter Books this past fall which meant that I read about 50 Easy Readers and 80+ Early Chapter Books that were nominated by the general public. Our group then came up with the shortlist, and then round two judges picked a winner in…
Newton’s 3 Laws of Motion for Kids Using Soccer
I remember how much I struggled in physics. It never really made sense to me. I didn’t want my kids to have this same experience so I thought I’d expose them earlier so that they would have a more intuitive feel for Newton’s Laws of Motion, the foundation of physics. To make physics fun and relatable,…