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Children’s Book Celebrates Georgia’s Pre-K Program Title: A million Starts with Me Children's Book Celebrates Gerogia's Millionth Pre-K Student
So, a few days ago M brought home a book from school. It’s called A Million Starts with Me. I learned that it was written to commemorate and [...] Title: One Green Apple Eve Bunting Book
War. Violence. Hatred. Could a good old field trip hold the answers to problems plaguing the planet for centuries? What does making apple cider have to with changing the world and perceptions anyway? For Farah, a young immigrant girl struggling to [...] September 8 is International Literacy Day. And you and I can do what 800 million others can’t. Read. To make sense of the written word – to be able to read, comprehend and write – may not seem like a big deal to most of us for whom like breathing and speech, it seems almost natural. As if we were born [...] In other news… Two of my articles on the topic of raising bilingual children went up this past week. # 1: Raising a Bilingual Child for ParentUSACity.com which highlights some of the research showing the benefits of bilingualism and why it’s important for parents in multilingual families to try and pass on their linguistic diversity to their children. I interviewed some [...] Help! What do I do with all these picture books? You’ve probably already realized what I’ve just come to accept – if you have kids, there comes a point when you have more books(and toys and other accessories) than you can handle while managing to remain sane. And you just can’t put off dealing with it beyond a certain stage. Our [...] A Delicious Reason to Read to Your Child You probably know that advice usually doesn’t get you very far with kids. Even babies seem to be wired to sense unsolicited advice and are equipped with the mechanism to ignore or avoid it. Children have this uncanny way of figuring out when you’re about to dole out advice and activate their built-in auto shut-off [...] Let Karadi The Bear Read to Your Child I’ve known about Karadi Tales for almost a decade, but, only recently had the chance to pick up the first of our CD/Book collection for my daughter. I bought a collection of stories about animals narrated by some of India’s most beloved and well-known voices. And here are my thoughts on [...] Tulika’s Treasure Chest of Bilingual Indian Children’s Books Taking advantage of my vacation in Chennai, I recently picked up a bunch of children’s books from Tulika – a publishing house known for its bilingual books. It was such a delight to see so many wonderful, entertaining children’s books in Indian languages and English in one place [...] I’ve said it a zillion times and don’t mind repeating…reading to my daughter(and any other child in the vicinity) is among the most enjoyable parenting experiences I know of! Besides talking about it here, I write about it elsewhere too. My latest article on the topic appears on Everythingmom.com – http://www.everythingmom.com/activities/tips-to-make-books-a-part-of-your-childs-life.html. Indian Cinderella Story You don’t come across children’s stories set in India in American libraries very often. So when we spotted Anklet for a Princess – A Cinderella Story from India at our library, naturally, we were pleasantly surprised and had to check it out. Granted, the book is a little prose-heavy and may be appropriate for [...] |
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