Age-level book lists are everywhere. Almost any book seller has a prepared list for your shopping ease. Is picking a book from a list based on your child’s age the critical factor to...
Active Reading
Start talking with wordless books
A wordless book? Is a book a “real” book if it has no words? Yes!
Skip-around reading
Your 18-month old drops a book off in your lap, climbs up on the chair beside you, grabs the book and opens it to the middle, and wants you to read here. Not the first page–here...
Three steps to active reading
What exactly is active reading? Active reading is a style of reading to a young child that includes conversation. We’re all pretty familiar with the standard way to read a book to a...