If you want to read to your child, start today. (Even if you have never read aloud before)
You may have heard how reading to babies from birth benefits them in various ways – making them smarter, improving their language and communication skills, boosting their confidence levels, enhancing their reading comprehension and writing skills and basically, [...]
Educational gifts for kids – let your kids experience other cultures!
Unique gifts for kids are usually hard to come by. Especially the kind that holds their attention and excitement for more than a few fleeting minutes under the tree. Which is why I am really impressed with Little Passports.
(Disclaimer – I haven’t purchased [...]
I hadn’t read or heard about Emma Walton Hamilton’s book, Raising Bookworms, when I started this blog a few months ago. I picked it up a few days ago and found to my delight that a lot of what she says, is what I believe in as well. I can’t tell you how good it [...]
Enjoy Family Story Time
Story time at book store – Fancy Nancy’s Splendiferous Christmas
As you can probably tell, I am a big fan of story time sessions at the library and reading events for kids at book stores. I have always loved spending time around books, although I am no voracious reader by any stretch [...]
If you have ever interacted with a toddler or preschooler, you have probably wondered on more than one occasion – How on earth do I get him to pay attention when I read to him? What can I do to keep my kid interested for more than a couple of minutes?
Children’s Story Book / Holiday Gift Idea 1 – Tilly and the Rhinoceros – Sheila White Samton
Children's storybook about Friendship
You can never really be sure which books your child will like.
Take my daughter, for example. Among the dozen or so books we pick out from the library every few days, she [...]
“It has always been my conviction that Indian parents who train their children to think and talk in English from their infancy betray their children and their country. They deprive them of the spiritual and social heritage of the nation, and render them to that extent unfit for the service of the country.” – Gandhi, [...]
With the holidays almost upon us, the next few weeks will bring you several gift ideas, many of which, will naturally be related to books and reading. I personally don’t think there are too many gifts out there that can be considered more valuable. Especially when it comes to children. I truly believe that when you [...]
There are many reasons I prefer books to other gifts, especially when it comes to my daughter. And not all of it has to do with her.
Part of M's book collection
On some days, it’s just the fact that books are relatively quiet and don’t start singing the ABC’s when I accidentally step on them.
Sometimes [...]