I don’t know about you, but one of the first things that comes to my mind when winter hits is cuddling up under the blankets with a good book. Written by Clement Clarke Moore, the night before Christmas is an enchanting Christmas story that has been enjoyed for generations. The poem first appeared uncredited in […]
Yakety Yak and A Wisdom of Wombats
Grade three is a fundamental grade for elementary students as they will be using all the skills they have learned in prior grades to stronger reading comprehension and writing skills. By the end of the grade three year your child should know what a noun is, pronoun, verb, adjective and adverb is. My daughter who […]
Unicorns Have Bad Manners
You would think that a Unicorn’s manners would be dainty and refined. In Unicorns Have Bad Manners by Rachel Halpern, Nigel the dinosaur soon discovers that is not the case at all when he dines for afternoon tea with Unicorn Periwinkle. The two have very different ideas of proper behavior at the table. After Periwinkle […]
Stuck Inside by Sally Anne Garland
Statistics suggest that children who do not read during the Summer months can loose up to three months progress. For children who are already behind in their reading those three months lost can set them back drastically. The first thing to do to keep children reading this Summer is to set aside 30 mins of […]
5 more sleeps ’til christmas book review
There are five more sleeps until Santa comes. And with only five more sleeps what better way to get our little ones more excited for Christmas than with a Christmas book titled “5 more Sleeps Til Christmas” written by Jimmy Fallon – Host of NBC”s The Tonight Show. Everyone who grew up celebrating Christmas remembers […]
Disney Frozen 2 – I’m Ready to Read with Olaf and Friends
For children age three to six comes a fun and yet educational book from Phoenix International Publications, Inc. Fans of Frozen will love this interactive Frozen 2-themed book. Kids simply press 10 buttons to hear each page of the story read aloud. Connecting printed and spoken words will help build your child’s vocabulary, and […]
It’s Okay by Maya Johnson
Did you know that anxiety and depression isn’t just something adults face? Approximately 4.4 million children between the ages of 3 and 17 have been diagnosed with anxiety and approximately 1.9 million have been diagnosed with depression. Rates of childhood depression and anxiety have been rising in the last several years and yet there is […]