I’ve been to many author book signing events since I start blogging including very popular authors like Rick Riordan where fans stood in a line that snaked around the building! But I have never waited in line for two hours just for a book signing; there wasn’t even a presentation or talk involved! Have you…
Category: Literacy
Getting kids to love reading including reluctant readers as well as competent readers who just don’t like to read.
Madonna Teaches the Alphabet
Do you remember Arturo Avina who made those wonderful Miss Nelson is Missing and Miss Nelson is Back with his kindergarten class? Well, he and his kids have made another video! He says: We recently wrapped up an education-related video that the LA Times called “innovative” and “ambitious,” and I think it could be of…
Gifts for Kids Who Hate Art and Reading: Day 5 of 12 Days of Shopping
Jeanette and I thought we’d search for gifts today that open young minds; gifts for kids who hate art, and books for kids who don’t like to read. What gifts have you had success in introducing your kids to something mind-expanding that they have resisted? p.s. More Art Gift Ideas for Kids here: Art Activity…
7 Ways to Get Your Kid to Read
Please welcome my guest blogger today, the author F.T. Bradley who has great advice on how to get kids reading. At the end of the post, she is also hosting a GIVEAWAY with signed copies of her three spy chapter books! “I don’t like reading.” They’re not words you want to hear from your kiddo as…
What a Reading Tutor Can Do to Get Kids Reading
I noticed how parents will often hire a tutor for math for their kids, but less so for reading. Today, my guest author Dusty Fox writes about what to expect from a reading tutor. How Tutoring Can Help Your Child Learn to Embrace Reading (and Education!) If you are a parent who loves to read, it…
Caught in the Act … of READING and Kid Lit Blog Hop
Thank you to everyone who has sent in a photo! Kids caught in the acting reading makes me very, very happy! How is summer reading going for you? If you send me a photo to pragmaticmomblog (at) gmail (dot) com, I’ll send you a book! (I’m sorry but I can only send books to the United…
Writing Hi Lo Fiction and Books for Boys
Please welcome my guest blogger, Jim Westcott, an author who writes Hi Lo fiction books for boys. My fifteen years as a Special Education Teacher influenced what I write and for what audience. I write these kinds of books for these two audiences: Hi Interest-Low Vocabulary Books for struggling readers, especially books for boys…