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Easter isn’t just about egg hunts and candy—it’s also a great opportunity to encourage your child’s love of reading! A carefully chosen book can make a wonderful addition to their basket, providing stories that inspire, entertain, and teach valuable lessons. …
With a small amount of planning you can give your kids an easy fun way to focus on what they need or want and not be overwhelmed by all the choices available when you make your trip the library. Kids …
It is absolutely time to start stocking up on books that kids love because right now you can score a ton of kid-faves over on Zulily for less than $10 each. And to sweeten the deal, Penguin Random House has …
Backyard adventure begins with “The Never Starting Tales”. Really, it does! “The Never Starting Tales” may sound unusual, but these tales are simply a collection of re-interpreted fairytales that were created to inspire families to spend more time adventure-seeking in …
The following guest post is written by Jackie Higgins, of Ready-Set-Read. Jackie is a great friend and longtime we teach member, now a member of the we teach advisory board. ———————————- I’m Jackie, an early literacy blogger, reading …
For many children, summer reading is not a big deal. They’re readers by nature, so the task of reading ten books–or more–is a simple pleasure. For others, however, summer reading is second on their list of things to do only …
The school year is slowly winding down, and finally (finally!) we’re settling into our summertime schedule–not the spring-summer overlap that has had me near crazy for the last two weeks. With the soccer season officially over, three days of dance …
