Did you know your kids can lose one to two months of learning over the summer months? Well this summer I am not about to let that happen by arming myself (and my kids) with Brain Chase-- the quintessential way to help them avoid a loss of learning skills while they try to win (and in the process learn) a prize using clues. Just what is Brain Chase and how does it disguise learning as a fun … [Read more...]
To celebrate Barnes & Noble’s Discovery Friday Event on November 22nd we are giving away a $50 Giftcard!
Congrats to our winner Shawna! Have I mentioned that I'm a card carrying Barnes and Noble customer? That I can spend HOURS at my local Barnes and Noble drinking in all the hard covered books and that my son still loves to hang out in the kid's section and play with the trains and share his love of vampires with me?! This is why I am SO ready to get my SHOP ON! On November 2 aka Discovery … [Read more...]
Help Feed Hungry Readers with Capital One’s Book by Book Campaign!To inspire you we are giving away a $50 Barnes and Noble GiftCard!
Congrats to our winner Jeannine! Until about the age of 12, while living in Brooklyn, although my adolescent experiences were certainly influenced by the fabric of the eighties pop culture—I wore shoulder pads , wished upon Madonna's lucky star and was enamored with Michael Jackson's Thriller, I certainly never felt truly understood in my desire to straddle both my religious upbringing with … [Read more...]
It is NEVER too early to begin Reading to and with your kids and I See Me! storybooks make it easier and more fun than ever!
So you've still got several weeks before school starts up and you are probably scrambling to find ways to keep your kids busy! And to be perfectly blunt- they're already driving me slightly insane-- those teachers are a G-d sent I honestly cannot imagine how they manage to keep these kids focused and working for a solid seven hours straight. I think I need a crash course in conduct management and … [Read more...]
6 tips to get a Family Book Club Started and a MEGA seven Novel Learning Series giveaway from Nicholas Sparks!
Congrats to our winner Heather! Summertime is the PERFECT time to help your kids sharpen their reading comprehension skills by offering them books that will appeal to their senses and if ANY AUTHOR can capture their attention ( and keep it) it is Nicholas Sparks! And lucky for us parents ( who are DYING to get a BOOK into our kids' hands this summer) in partnership with Grand Central Publishing … [Read more...]