How do you help your children make sense of dollars and cents?  Sharing stories like Lulu Walks the Dog by Judith Viorst is a perfect way to start the conversation. 

Some princesses are girly girls, but not all princesses wear pink! Princesses might wear frilly dresses, tennis shoes or shiny armor. Princesses can be from all over the world and from right next door. Check out some of these books to read about all types of princesses!

How do you help your children make sense of dollars and cents?  Sharing stories like Start Saving, Henry! by Nancy Carlson is a perfect way to start the conversation. 

Provides illustrated biographical profiles of authors and artists for children and young adults, ranging from established award winners to authors and illustrators who are just beginning their careers.

Designed for Elementary and Middle School students, an animated interface with a dinosaur theme encourages young researchers to enhance and develop basic search methodologies. A wide range of resources, including an entensive collection of books, newspapers and the TOPIC search collection covering subjects of current interest, is available for young people working on school projects or other homework.

"By the time a child is 5, he will have heard 90% of all the words that he will ever know.” Jim Trelease, The Read Aloud Handbook

What’s your favorite color? Skills can only develop if they are practiced. Reading books that introduce colors allows children to practice learning in a fun way.

Orange you glad it's fall? The colors and sounds of fall inspire many moments to play and learn.  Your children know what an apple is, but do they know the word orchard?  Reading books, talking about what is all around and remembering to have fun harvests a crop of eager and wise learners.

One of my favorite books to read during this time of year is Ruth Krauss’s The Carrot Seed, about a little boy who plants a seed and everyone around him says, “It won’t come up.” Ah, but it does come up and then some.  Some days it feels like our children “won’t come up”, but with some daily reading they are sure to “come up!” Children that are read to twenty minutes a day build early literacy skills, improve their listening and are prepared for kindergarten. Share some of these Spring stories and activities with the growing readers in your life!