Capture your child’s imagination . . . in a book!

Came across this today and thought it was another great way to share the gift of reading this holiday season. Tikatok™ helps turn ideas into stories – and publishes those stories into one-of-a-kind books that can be shared with family and friends. Using  Tikatok’s™ easy interface your child can create, write and illustrate a book for free. Don’t know what to write about? No problem, kick-start...

Child Development Includes Reading

Reading is vital to the development of children. For nearly every aspect of life, reading is required, whether it be newspapers, computer screens, road signs, instruction booklets, forms to be filled in or even just the TV guide! Reading at a young age will only build a solid educational foundation that can result in success throughout a child’s academic years. First identify the young reader’s...

Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)- New Release

Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #4) Author: Jeff Kinney Rate this book: VN:F [1.8.4_1055]please wait...Rating: 9.0/10 (1 vote cast) Overview: It’s summer vacation, the weather’s great, and all the kids are having fun outside. So where’s Greg Heffley? Inside his house, playing video games with the shades drawn. Greg, a self-confessed “indoor person,” is living out his ultimate...

Promote Reading Success at Home

by Tamara Thompson Creating a reading environment at home and parent involvement is crucial in developing a successful reader. Children who are read to on a consistent basis have an average vocabulary of 20,000 words, whereas children not read to regularly on average have a vocabulary of 3,000 words. Be active in your child’s reading development as they figure out how written words work, and begin to use...