Dear Kindle, As someone who loves reading, I must admit that I refused – and even mocked – you for many years. I just couldn’t imagine how reading was, well, reading – without holding the actual pages of a book. I would look at all the “youngsters” out there with their fancy “computer books” and […]
Category: col2
Irish Soda Bread
What could be better on a cold winter morning than warm, sweet Irish Soda Bread? This bread is moist, full of raisins, and perfect by itself or toasted with cinnamon butter or homemade jam. After many searches for the perfect recipe for Irish Soda Bread I found it here at allrecipes.com. I modified it slightly […]
Reaching for Joy in 2014
This is the time of year when people begin to abandon their new year resolutions. Mine – eating less chocolate and flossing regularly (not necessarily in that order) – have already gone out the window. But after reading many friends’ Facebook updates recently, it seems that an important theme in resolutions for 2014 has emerged: […]
Engaging Our Youngest Readers – Part 1
We all know that reading is an essential part of children’s literacy development, but it isn’t always easy to keep them engaged. These days, kids are inundated with distracting, exciting technology that may be much more intriguing than a simple book. From infancy, newborns that cannot even see in color are put on brightly colored […]
New Year Resolutions For Better Parenting
Put the smart phone away. Interact with your child! If you are a parent of a young child, you need to spend time with him BEFORE he is old enough to work with technology. Model for your children quality time spent as a family. Set the smart phone and the computer away. Have a quiet dinner […]
S.O.S. Product Review: Preschool Academy App
*This is sponsored product review Review by Jaymee Kruysman Ebooks & Kids has done it again! Not only did they create an excellent app for older children, but they now have created an app for preschool children. Preschool Academy is an educational app for children 3-5 years old. Like their other app, Monsters Mixer, this […]
Ask Amanda: Turning Car Trips Into Educational Adventures
Q: With school vacations and cold, wintery days upon us, we take lots of car trips. What is the most engaging way to turn a boring weekend, long car ride or snowy day into a literacy filled educational adventure? Amanda’s answer: There are endless ways to turn any of these situations into an adventure. All […]
Less Thorny Relationships
Guess who I got to interview for this month’s New York Family Magazine? (Pretend to be thinking long and hard. And now pretend there is a dramatic pause…). OK, I’ll tell you – my mom. As you may recall, she recently wrote a book entitled, Ask Dr. Gramma Karen: Helping Young Parents And Grandparents Deal […]