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What types of books should we read to young children?

According to Sally Head at Expert Village, picture books, repetitive books, sing-a-long books, classics are all great types of educational books for nurturing your preschool child’s curiosity.
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I also wrote an article on ezine articles about how picture books are the ultimate learning toy […]

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Isn’t Reading Critical to Child Development?

So why aren’t more American children doing it? The National Center for Educational Statistics released an annual report in 2007 that found a third of all fourth-graders cannot read at a basic level. You can imagine the implications of this for their futures and for society as a whole. My husband and I read something […]

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Finding book treasures at the local grocery store

Lately I have been finding excellent early learning books for my 2-year-old at local grocery stores. Often there is a display near the front of the store, marked “Children’s Books” that will inevitably draw me over to peruse for a good (though unplanned!) 20 minutes or so. Many of the books are beautifully illustrated, with […]