November is…

National Adoption Month
Books about Adoption

American Indian Heritage Month

National Life Writing Month

November 9-15 is National Young Readers Week
Phonics

First Readers

Young Readers

Chapter Books and Classics

November 9-16 World Kindness Week
Practice Random Acts of Kindness

November 20-26 National Farm-City Week
Books on Farms

November 22-29 National Bible Week
Bible Stories

November 22-28 National Game and Puzzle Week
Family Games and Puzzles

November 20 [...]

Are You Raising a Texter or a Reader?

We live in an amazing age of technology. Never before have we had so much information available at our fingertips (literally). We have the convenience of cell phones, laptops, video phones, instant messaging, texting, iPhones, email and more. If you ever have a question about anything you can Google it, and if you want to [...]

Reading Sparks Imagination

Reading is wonderful because it introduces your children to ideas, experiences and concepts that they might not get otherwise. It provides fuel for the imagination and the seeds of new ideas.
My children have rarely been to the doctor, except for a couple of emergency room visits. As a result, they seldom, if ever, play doctor. [...]

Easy and Fun Ways to Learn Spelling

The best way to learn is to create a fun environment in which the individual is interested in what is happening. This can be applied to any subject- make it fun, and your kids will be interested and will learn faster and easier.
There are so many tools available to us today to assist in guiding [...]

Do You Know the 3 Steps to Fostering Lifelong Learning and Success?

If you are like most parents, you want the best for your child. You want them to grow into fully functioning, happy, fulfilled and successful adults. So how can you ensure that you’re doing those things today that can help to bring about the desired results? How can you even know what is is that [...]

15 Simple Ways to Encourage Your Child to Read

Research shows that the most criticial aspect to whether a child reads or not, and continues the habit into adulthood, is how the feel about reading. If they have negative associations with it, they will avoid it, and likely stop doing it once it is not ‘required.’
On the other hand, if they associate reading with [...]

Don’t Be a Lobster Parent

A lobster, when left high and dry among the rocks, has not instinct nor energy enough to work his way back to the sea, but waits for the sea to come to him. If it does not come, he remains where he is and dies, although the slightest effort would enable hom to reach the [...]

How Reading-Aloud Helps Learning

Between the ages of four and seven, many children begin to recognize words on a page. Reading aloud can help demystify the reading process. By reading stories that are on their interest level, but beyond their reading level, you can stretch your young readers’ understanding, and motivate them to improve their skills.
No method better prepares [...]

Do You Remember Being Read to as a Child?

Many people consider their early experiences of bedtime storytelling to be the most cherished and valuable memories of their lives. The peacefulness, the reassurance of a parent’s voice, the escape into new and exciting worlds of adventure, the drama of a story unfolding in real time, combine to form indelible memories and mold children into [...]