When adults share their own stories with children, connections are built between people and literacy learning is nurtured.
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Tears and Laughter–How Books Promote Emotional Health
Reading books with children and talking about what you read invites exploration of feelings and offers long-lasting permission to discuss all of life’s topics.
The Books Behind the Brains
When children have their own books kept on a special shelf, they learn that books are valuable treasures.
Slow Reading Invites Thinking, Discovery
I begin most days by reading the news. I read our local paper and a bit of national ones. I like to “keep up,” as us info junkies say. When I’m involved in something that prohibits my ability to read, I’ll listen to the news. I especially enjoy The New York Times online version’s invitation […]
Give a Hoot About Traditions
This year my sweet wife found two little great-horned owl ornaments at a local florist shop. We were thrilled. We are often visited by two huge great-horned owls in the late evening here in Louisville, KY.
Yup…uh, No Way!
There are dozens of ways to say “yes” or “no,” but they aren’t just different looking, actually they are all subtly different in meaning.
Baby Book Talks
It’s never too early to begin reading to and talking with a child. Language and communication skills are acquired from birth. Read on.
Enrich, Diversify Playtime With Books
Toys are the tools children use to learn about their world. Books can diversity playtime by introducing other cultures to a child’s frame of reference.
Wandering, Wondering and Books
Children taught to ask questions enter school ready to learn.
Racism and Children: Read, Talk About What You Read
Kids are home from school (still) and the vastness of summertime stretches before us filling our vision of what that once meant, and how, due to the pandemic and to overdue showcased racial inequalities in our lives, those possibilities have forever changed. I recently read, with a strong measure of personal embarrassment and regret, a book […]