One day your kid comes to you with a math problem or physics question and asks for your help. For most parents, it’s been years from your last algebra or physics problem set or wrote an essay. Still, if you want your kid to perform well in school, refusing to help with homework is not…
It is impossible to keep your baby’s clothes free from dirt! Active little ones tend to get grass stains during summer, muddy from puddles in the spring and autumn, and even get dirty from snow play during the winter. Let kids explore the world around them. It is easier to learn how to take care…
I’m personally a foraging enthusiast but it’s not a passion that members of my family share. Still, I haven’t given up. I have taken them on a foraging field trip with a local expert. I make a point of showing them edible plants in our neighborhood. I have shared videos on foraging that my husband…
I was thrilled to be invited to join Nancy Tupper Ling‘s #AuthorAcrostic series. You may know Nancy from her children’s books. I have to be honest. I did not know exactly what an acrostic poem was when she asked me. I looked it up. It does not have to be rhyming but I found the…
Please join me and Amy Tai for our second Multicultural Children’s Book Club. We host a FREE multicultural children’s picture book virtual book club on the first Thursday of every month from 7 pm to 8 pm EST. June’s event will be held on June 3rd and we are celebrating Juneteenth using Juneteenth Jamboree by…
Please welcome my guest author today, Rajani LaRocca. I am dubbing 2021 The Year of Rajani LaRocca Children’s Books because look at the amazing lineup of books being released this year!!! I met Rajani at The Concord Bookshop several years ago for her Midsummer’s Mayhem book launch event. We shared a book birthday. Sumo Joe…
When young children are learning to read, it is common for them to get stuck on words. It’s also common to hear, “Sound it out” from the adult listening to them read. But there are many other strategies for parents to add to their repertoire that will help their children solve words. The goal is…