“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ―Albert Einstein This collection in particular is my favorite for the wonderful illustrations as much as the stories. It reminds me of a large collection at my grandmother’s house...
A few people have asked for tips on building up a child’s library collection inexpensively, and I’m not an expert, but thought it might be worth a post to share some sources and tips. I’d love to hear any ideas you have too (any excuse to buy more books). I’m pretty sure that access to...
My oldest girl gave up naps a while ago, but I insist on a “quite time” and we’ve tried a variety of activities to keep her occupied. Full length audiobooks are the golden ticket! She now skips off happily to quite time, and even asks for extensions if she’s in the middle of a good...
My three year old can not hear this book enough. She asks for “the rhyming book” first thing in the morning and has an amazing amount of it memorized, so I hear these things all day long . . . even on days where I’ve hidden the book for a little break from the madness....
We’re already on our third reading of Three Tales of My Father’s Dragon and it’s one of the best early chapter books we’ve come across. There are three books in the series: My Father’s Dragon, Elmer and the Dragon, and The Dragons of Blueland, but I advise you to save yourself the trouble of three...
