So many picture books are aimed at first school experiences like "Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten," "Kindergarten Rocks," or...
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“Never Ever” and “Splat” New Picture Books for Early Readers Over Summer
With two of my grandchildren discovering the joy of reading in this kindergarten year, I am especially tuned in to fun, new picture books with...
Happy Easter With Jan Brett’s “The Easter Egg”
Happy Easter and Passover to all! The rain has cancelled our Easter egg hunt but that means we have had a morning reading books from Chima and Lego...
Encouraging Early Readers Over the Summer
We just returned from a trip to Barnes and Noble with 3 of our grandchildren and we had our usual fun outing reading new and classic picture books...
Kickstarter Campaign for “Crack the Books” Begins Today
Many of you know and use the fantastic apps for language learning by Mobile Education Store. I have reviewed several of them and they are a mainstay...
Seashores to Sea Floors Giveaway Winner!
Congratulations to Grace, the winner of our Seashores to Sea Floors Giveaway! I can't wait to hear how you use this wonderful e-book all about the...
“Too Much Glue” by Lefebvre Provides Language Lessons in Speech Therapy
As a speech therapist I find that just about any activity involving glue is fun for kids! The same apparently holds true for a book about "Too Much...
Crack the Books “Seashores to Sea Floors” Review and Free Giveaway
Mobile Education Store has been a treasure chest of great apps for learning language from Conversation Builder and Rainbow Sentences to Tense...
Valentine’s Day Books For Speech Therapy Lessons
The book table at Barnes and Noble is filled with Valentine's Day books. I tend to pass up the series books in favor of those with unique stories...
Valentine’s Day Books Celebrating Love and Friendship To Build Language
I love using great picture books in speech therapy or simply reading a fun book to kids. Here are some of my new favorite books celebrating love and...
“Squirrels on Skis” Delights Kids in Speech Therapy
I want to share a delightful new book, "Squirrels on Skis" by J. Hamilton Ray and Pascal Lemaitre. In this season of continuous snow storms on the...
Lessons in Writing from “Little Red Writing” by Joan Holub and Melissa Sweet
With everyone anticipating the start of school, teachers and therapists are gathering new ideas to teach their lessons. I have worked within...
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