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As we kick summer off and find cool ways to entertain our kids during a pandemic, there's one activity that's a surefire way to keep little ones of all ages busy—an adventure-filled book. To help you find what's best, we caught up with Keira Pride, head librarian at Stratford School to provide a list of books for kids to read this summer. Some wisk readers away to magical lands, others delve into prejudice and coming of age, while some are fiction-based novels that take you to other worlds. Whatever adventure they choose, there's something for everyone. Cheers to summer 2020....

Click here to read Clothespin Names and Letter Match so Simple for Kids on Hands On As We Grow® Make learning your child’s name fun with this simple letter match clothespin activity. Bonus, your kids will build those fine motor skills while they do it! For a child to learn how to spell his/her name is a major preschool milestone. However, if your like me and blessed your children with unique names this can been tricky process. I’m always looking for new ways for my youngest to learn her name. And this is why I came up with this fun...

STEM has been having a bit of a “moment” in education these past few years. Thanks to the STEM revival, schools are now hotbeds of innovation. There are Maker Labs for teens, robotics classes for primary schoolers, and everything in between.Today, we’re seeing preschools offer STEM programmes to the littlest of students. Science for three-year-olds may seem like overkill at first, but it quickly gathers context when we stop to think. Science is all about understanding our world, and about being an inquisitive and imaginative explorer. And really, isn’t that what preschool is all about? This is exactly what JACQUELINE...

Happy Sunday. This is the eighth post that I have written in the month of June. In the 10 years that I have been blogging, I don’t think I’ve ever written so few posts in a month. My slowed frequency of posting has been due to several factors all happening simultaneously. First, there has been the weight of everything happening in our country and around our world. It has been difficult to keep good boundaries with news and social media consumption over the last few months in regards to COVID, and also hard to wrap my head around the virus...

I love incorporating books into speech therapy. It is the easiest way for me to teach themed vocabulary without having to prep anything! Summer books are filled with picture scenes that have summer vocabulary to teach. I don’t think I could ever have enough books to teach summer vocabulary! #professionalbookhoarder This blog post will walk you through the benefits of teaching vocabulary using summer-themed books and strategies for building better vocabulary with your students! Why Using Summer-Themed Vocabulary Is Beneficial for Language Therapy When working with students to improve their vocabulary, the research shows that focusing on building a deep...