Educations Matters: Diverse Children's Book Reviews
I would not say to read The Pharoah’s Secret OVER The Red Pyramid. Actually, I ‘d recommend reading both. And then compare/contrast. The Pharoah’s Curse focuses on the rare female pharaoh Hatshepsut and gives the reader insight to the court intrigue that is as fascinating, if not more so, as the Renaissance English version.
Big words for little people: week 3 SAT words for Kindergarteners. Try this at dinner for a educational game that is equally amusing!
It’s a very well done app that does a thorough job of introducing letter sounds, simple words and individual lower case cursive letters. This app feels like you have a teacher or a tutor working with your child one on one. There is just something about the voice and the encouragement. At the end, for example, the game tells you, “Keep practicing!” I love that about this app!
This is part 3 of a 3 part series by Debbie Reese, renowned scholar of Native American Children’s Literature.
This is a great article about a journalist, Katherine Ellison, who herself was undiagnosed with ADD, and her struggles and success in parenting her ADD son. She wrote a book about her experiences and how she chose mindful parenting over meds.
