Celebrate the Muslim faith with these Ramadan books for kids! These Islamic children’s storybooks for toddlers through big kids are sure to inspire your child. We are celebrating Ramadan over at Multicultural Children’s Book Day for the month of June. This is my contribution. Join us on our blog with guest posts from authors on…
Author: Pragmatic Mom
STEM Science Project: DIY iPhone Microscope
I’m trying to do more science experiments with my son. We made a homopolar motor, learned about electricity with PlayDoh and LED lights, built a gamer remote control, made a 3D hologram projector, created a protective device for a raw egg, learned about the science of Ramune Japanese soda, and wondered why ice cubes crack in drinks….
Can You Spot Him? A real life Halibut Jackson
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…
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 kid,…
17 Wonderful Diverse Mysteries for Tweens
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 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 the round two judges picked a winner…







