by elcnfl | Jan 5, 2011 | activities, books, early learning, events, Imagination Library, parenting, preschool, reading
There may not be words printed beneath each photograph, but chances are, you know a story you can pass along to your child: the trip to Chicago in that old Plymouth Dart, the Christmas you had an emergency appendectomy, fishing in Nana’s lake. Research has shown that...
by elcnfl | Jan 5, 2011 | activities, books, early learning, events, Imagination Library, parenting, preschool, reading, recipes
The Curious Garden is a story about a boy’s dream and how one small person can help change the world. The ground may still be frozen up north, but here in Florida it will be planting time soon. If you’d like to try an easy spring craft, read Peter Brown’s...
by elcnfl | Jan 2, 2011 | activities, books, early learning, events, Imagination Library, parenting, preschool, reading, recipes
If you need a pat on the back for the time you spend reading to your child, Dr. Mehmet Oz, renowned physician and co-author of YOU: Raising Your Child (Simon & Schuster, 2010), offers this advice: “We can’t say it often enough: Read aloud. Read aloud. Read aloud....
by elcnfl | Jan 1, 2011 | activities, books, early learning, Imagination Library, parenting, preschool, reading
As parents we are all familiar with this nightly routine: she’s bathed, her teeth are brushed, and she’s settled in your lap for a few moments of reading before you say goodnight. The last thing you want is a bedtime story that makes her want to jump up and...
by elcnfl | Dec 15, 2010 | activities, books, early learning, parenting, reading
When you read your child a bedtime story, you’re supposed to open the book and read what’s on the page, right? Not necessarily. Early learning experts agree that your child benefits as much from having a conversation about the pictures as they do from learning the...
by elcnfl | Nov 10, 2010 | activities, early learning, parenting, preschool, recipes
Hurricane season may be almost over, but the next time rain keeps you indoors, reach for one of these much-loved books: The Umbrella Party (Groundwood), by Janet Lunn, The Umbrella (Penguin), by Jan Brett, or Taro Yashima’s Caldecott Honor Book, Umbrella (Viking)....
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