I did a post a few days ago on Top 10: Best Old Fashioned Children’s Books based on the books that I loved as a child and my kids do too. This is the ugly stepsister version.
How To: Get an Athletic Scholarship
Tips, Tricks, Do’s and Don’ts to Getting an Athletic Scholarship.
Young Adult Genre Too Violent and Depraved?
Young Adult — rife with explicit abuse, violence and depravity? Or not!
Japan: Books for Kids on Shogun, Family Crests, Block Prints
We travel this week to Japan and go back in time with some stories of my family to the Daimyo Shogunate in Japan. I have chosen some kidlit to reflect the duality of Japan versus United States, and have featured artists who are reflected in the books including ukiyo-e masters Hiroshige and Hokusai and the father of Manga, Osamu Tezuka.
SAT Vocabulary Words for Kindergarten in Big Al
The words for Week 12 are from the picture book, Big Al by Andrew Clements, illustrated by Yoshi.
29 Picture Books That Teach Math Concepts
Picture books can be a visual and fun way to introduce math concepts. I think it makes math less intimidating when it’s part of a story. For those kids who love math, it’s another way to eat it up!
22 Great Early Chapter Book Series
Dragons and aliens and dinosaurs, oh my! And for girls, there are interesting slightly mischieveous girls to meet as well as cousins who are really sweet. Short chapter book series can often have repetitive plot lines about nothing or language that is neither rich nor interesting. There is something special about each of these book series for the child AND the adult reading along.