Uncover Misunderstandings
By listening to our children we can uncover misunderstandings they might have. My granddaughter thought that a robot was a T-shirt...
Halloween
Halloween is confusing for little kids. Just when they were beginning to make sense of their world, everyone looks and acts different....
Troubleshooting Reading for Toddlers
One mom at Educare was concerned that when she let her two-year-old daughter read the pictures of the book because her daughter didn’t...
Board Books
The moms at Educare thought a lot about how to read a book to a toddler. Babies like board books, because at first all they see are the...
Book Update
Last week at Educare, a child care center in Chicago, a Focus Group of 17 moms and dads met to critique a book we’re writing. Their ideas...
The First Step to Reading / El Primer Paso para Leer
Sometimes we forget that if a child doesn’t understand the words, she cannot understand the story. The very first step is for us to tell...