What age is appropriate for The Hunger Games movies? Do you think it matters if your child has read the book?
Tag: 3rd to 4th Grade Chapter Book
Chapter books for 3rd and 4th grade kids.
Josh in 6th Grade Shares His Favorite Books
11-year-old Josh in 6th grade shares his favorite Top 10 chapter books.
4th Grade Book Club: Retold Modern Fairy Tales
Retold Modern Fairy Tales make for a great kids’ book club. Here’s some great chapter books and picture books with an activity for a 4th grade book club.
World Atlas Book and New iPad App!
Barefoot Books is currently running a promotion and you could win an iPad2, the World Atlas book and a $30 gift certificate. Just like their Facebook page to be entered to win by November 23, 2012.
Birds and Bees Talk
Here’s a great book suggestion for the Sex Talk with your child plus some anecdotes.
More Multiplication Tricks: Strategies from Kids and Teacher That Work!
My daughter said that her class came up with a list of strategies to learn multiplication. In fact, her friend Helena came up with the x8 trick. Learning math facts seems to work best when it gets presented different ways; this is the logical reasoning method. The post I refer to throughout on Tips and Tricks uses songs; another great way to go. We do flashcards and mnemonics; do you have any good ones for facts? The only one I know is 8 x 8: I ate and I ate ’til I threw up on the floor, so 8 times 8 is 64! It works so well that my youngest knew 8 x 8 at age 3 but just that one one because he finds gross humor particularly funny. If you have any other tricks or tips, please share!
The Smiley Book of Colors. Picture Book GIVEAWAY!
The Smiley Book of Colors by Ruth Kaiser is a clever picture book that finds smiley faces in every day objects. It also teaches colors. What I love about it is that it also teaches kids to see, REALLY see, like an artist. Is there a smiley face lurking about? Probably! You just have to see it.