Category: Skills for Kids

Nonfiction picture books are an absolutely amazing way to introduce nonfiction reading to your child in a way that both you and your child will enjoy.  As an adult, the idea of reading nonfiction...

Print is all around us. Most of the time, adults have become immune to print and signs because we see so much text all the time that our brains filter it out as part of the environment. But to your...

There are dozens, if not hundreds, of graphic novel adaptations of beloved books, both for children as well as classic literature, but are they worth reading? How do you get a child to transition...

In the library kids happily sit on the floor of the DEWEY 741.5 aisle pulling all their favorite graphic novels from the shelves, while their parents surreptitiously ask me whether graphic novels...

As the owner of a neurodivergent brain and a personal victim of this question I am quite interested in this subject and hope to provide some clarity to parents and educators who may also be asking...

Kids love to build towers and knock them down. There are so many different kinds of blocks that can be used for building (and demolishing!) great structures and you can choose a set based on what...