Judity Wallerstein’s The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts offers a blueprint to a strong marriage. More book recommendations about marriage from The Empty Nest.
Category: Parenting
My blog covers education and children’s books. When I cover parenting issues, it usually contains book recommendations. Parenting topics include academic subjects, summer learning, bullying, special needs, fitness and more.
Top 10: Best Books by My Son in 1st Grade
What is the most surprising is how these books make us both laugh and laugh. They are really funny! Ok, maybe not the Ninjago series … that’s more action/adventure, but Dragonbreath, Alvin Ho, Frankie Pickle and Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever are snuggle up and crack up together.
Gift Guide: Toys that Motivate Kids to Read
These toys, books, games and devices help make reading fun. They make great birthday gifts too!
Book Club for Boys: Navajo Code Talkers and Secret Code Scavenger Hunt
Secret Code Book Club for Boys My seven-year-old son is in first grade but his closest friends are in second and third grades. It just worked out that way because he missed the cutoff so he’s among the older kids in his class. He can read but he needs help with chapter books and when…
Easy Playroom Organization
Please welcome my guest author and frequent contributor to PragmaticMom, Bonnie Dewkett CPO, of The Joyful Organizer. Her posts on organization are very popular. Please let me know what organization topics you’d like help with.
Feb 14th is also International Book Giving Day
International Book Giving Day Today is International Book Giving Day and the idea behind that is to give books to children to encourage them to read. Thank you to Delightful Children’s Books for alerting me to this event! Her advice is simple. Please help by using your social media to get the word out about International…
Top 10: Best Books for Middle School by my 6th Grade Daughter
My oldest daughter finally gives me her favorite books of 2011. She’s a 6th grader and 12-years-old but I think her book suggestions skew plus or minus by two years.