Here is a simple, elegant, wonderful game that’s great for: • Story-building • Fostering imagination • Putting events in sequence • Inspiration for writing a story • Staving off boredom while you’re waiting at a restaurant • General all-round silliness. There are nine dice. Each one has six simple pictures. For instance, a happy […]
Activities
Gabby valentines — download, print and send!
Fun Valentine’s cards inspired by the book Gabby.
Elmo will get your kid reading
a very simple toy, very old school. No electronics to be found here, but I also believe that It is one of the better literacy toys that I have seen lately.
Taboo Buzz’d will get ’em reading
Here’s a really fun game that will get your kids reading, and they won’t even knowing they’re practising their reading. Best of all, this game is electronic, which will make kids like it even more. Taboo is a popular board game–Taboo Buzz’d is an electronic version of it. You have to get your partner(s) […]
Keep calm and read to your child
Keep calm and read to your child
uKloo: Riddle Edition — another great uKloo literacy game
uKloo: Riddle Edition — another great uKloo literacy game
beezi: the s-p-e-l-l-i-n-g game for ages 8 and up
If your kids could use a little brush-up on their spelling, beezi might be the game that does it. My son and I took the game for a test drive. He figures he’s a better speller than his mother (who is a writer by trade, a-hem). We really enjoyed beezi. For off, it […]
Media Literacy and “Teaching Kids News”
TeachingKidsNews.com is our sister website–the place for kid-friendly news articles and get kids reading.
Mother-Son bookclub part II
It’s a great example of parents taking their children’s literacy into their own hands. And anyone can do it – you can do it.
Fun, active (and profitable!) literacy game
Sometimes literacy costs.