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April New Titles

Have you seen the new titles for April? Another great set of fun engaging titles four your kids. My highlights: Poppy and Sam are feeding the animals at Apple Tree Farm, and they’re a noisy bunch! Little children will love hearing the farm come to life as they press the pages of this entertaining book, to hear Curly the pig, Woolly the sheep, Rusty the dog and more. At the end you’ll hear all the noisy animals at once, accompanied by a jolly tune. Find out what’s inside your body and how it all works in this fascinating book, full of bright pictures and facts that grown-ups and children can talk about together. A delightful introduction to muscles and how we move, our brain and senses, eating, growing up and more. Includes links to carefully selected websites with videos and activities. Learn to solve all kinds of multiplying and dividing puzzles in this entertaining book, with over 130 flaps to reveal the answers along the way. Topics include times tables,...

Encouraging the Space Geek in your House

Last week Thursday was a big day in Science. My Facebook feed got inundated with news posts about the first photographs ever captured of a black hole . If that was not you, I am a homeschool mom, and we love geeking about those kind of things. It was a big day indeed, scientists have long known about the existence of a black hole in space, but had not been able to get a picture of it and even seen it for real. This now has changed, thanks to a group of people, a mong which was an Ontario researcher , who worked over a decade on a series of telescopes that would eventually let us have a peek at this amazing phenomenon. Why am I talking about this? Well because if you have a child that loves space and everything about it, I am pretty sure he got excited about this. If he is too young to get excited yet, I bet you, it won't be long. Now, how do you go about cultivating a love for subjects like science, space, astronomy and the likes? You got it, BOOKS. There are lots of books...

Building the Foundation for Teaching a Child to Read

Teaching our children to read is a topic that I often see discussed among parents. Naturally, we all want our children to be able to read and preferably read well. To that end, we often look for ways that will help us teach them to master the written word. I am here to tell you that there are no magic solutions to it, but we can definitely prepare our children for the task, and stack the odds in their favor. The key to having a reader is to read to your child as many books as you can and as often as you can. Research has shown that reading to your baby, toddler, and preschooler do wonders in preparing the terrain to teaching your child to read. As a matter of fact, sometimes, the child learns how to read on his own just by constantly being read to. Even if your child does not master the art of reading early on, a love for books and printed words will have been inculcated, and your child will be well on his way to be a lifelong learner. Here is why reading to your young children ...

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