Do you LOVE what you do?

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”  ~Confucius Do you truly LOVE what you do?  Does it bring you joy?  Do you like to do it?  Do you look forward to it?  Do you love the poeple you work with every day?  Do you look…

Not the toys

“It’s not the toys in the house that make the difference in children’s lives; it’s the words in their heads. The least expensive thing we can give a child outside of a hug turns out to be the most valuable: words.”  From Chapter One: Why read aloud?  The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease

Smarty Pants Camps Prevent Summer Reading Loss

Introducing a new reading program designed to help prevent summer reading loss: Smarty Pants Camps! It is estimated that students can lose up to 30% of their skills and knowledge during the summer!  Smarty Pants Camps will help keep children reading, writing and problem solving during the summer to help prevent this Summer Brain Drain….

Fight the “Summer Reading Slump”

This summer, set reading goals for your whole family. When kids see parents modeling a love of reading, they are more inclined to do the same. Encourage kids to talk about the books they are reading, and remember to celebrate every time your child completes a book! Consider a special meal each week to sit…

Help Daddy read to his kids this Father’s Day

“It takes 1000 hours of ‘lap-time’ for young children to have the readiness skills in place to learn to read.” –National Institute for Children’s Health and Development “Lap-time” means one-on-one interaction between a parent or caregiver and a child where meaningful language interactions take place. Types of lap-time activities include: talking, singing, rhyming, chanting, and,…

Convention!

I just LOVE my National Convention for my company. It’s such a wonderful time for training, information, releasing new programs, new titles, updates and improvements to our websites and so on…and what a great time! We learn, laugh, cheer, support and edify – all while improving ourselves and growing our company. What do you like…