Dumb Bunnies beats Capt. Underpants. Ever get so excited about a book you just have to tell someone?Hayley did – and I’m so glad. She e-mailed me about the Dumb Bunnies series, which she is enjoying with her whole family (ages 3, 7, 9, 39 and 39). If the illustrations […]
Month: September 2009
Happy First Birthday, Getting Kids Reading!
This month marks our one-year anniversary. We had another milestone this month too – our 100th post.(Woo-hoo! Streamers! Horn sounds in the background!) We also finished 21st out of 178 blogs in our category in the BlogLuxe Awards. Thank you to everyone who voted. More importantly, we have helped a […]
Sequencing game (online)
My friend’s daughter needs some practice with “sequencing.” Sequencing is important for reading, because it helps you understand what comes first, what comes next, and what’s last. That goes for words, sentences and stories. A game you can make One thing you can do to practice sequencing is to take […]
Teen book recommended by Michael Cera
Actor Michael Cera really likes the book Youth in Revolt, by C. D. Payne. In a recent Globe and Mail article, Cera said he is a “rabid Payne fan.” This is a cool one to tell your teenager about – Cera’s career is smoking-hot right now. He starred in the […]
Great books for teens
Teenagers are reading lots these days. CBC Radio recently had two young book aficionados talk about what teens are interested in, and it’s more than just Twilight (although Twilight’s in there as well). They said that some hot teen genres are: *Speculative fiction (this used to be known as science […]
New Tag books
Tag has some new books for learning short and long vowel sounds. You know I love the whole LeapFrog system. My son learned so much from it when he was little. So when I received these book kits, I was excited.What I discovered, however, is that you have to:a) Find […]
Creating comics online
I made this comic myself – and it was fun. Imagine how much your child will enjoy creating their own story lines.And afterwards, they can print them out and put them in a binder, or e-mail them to their friends. Making comics not only ensures that your child will be […]
Goofy titles draw kids in
If you lie, your butt will grow. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but my son sure wants to read this book. We were at the library today. I was trying to get my son to check out some books. He was more interested in the computer game […]
