Childrens Books

Childrens Book Characters Quiz
Popular Children's Book Characters Quiz
How well do you know your characters from classic children's story books? If you think you are up to it, why not have a go at these free quizzes to see how well you do. This page is intended for children of all ages - well at least old enough to be of reading age, but anywhere from there up to the point where you become too old to read and to remember the books that you loved when you were growing up. Like me I imagine that you too grew up with your favorite books, and for me Children's Adv...

The Best Emergent Readers
For homeschoolers (and others who lack that big classroom library!)
We all want our little ones to become readers. Most of us, though, have been deeply shaped by our own experience as students -- experiences that may lag decades behind modern research! Research in literacy and educational psychology suggests that children learn to read by using multiple cueing systems. That's a fancy way of saying that phonics and sight words are important, but so are contextual clues. If a child is struggling to read more than 10% of the words in a beginning reader, chance...

The Magic School Bus
A Magical Series
The Magic School Bus series has its own form of magic: the every day form when you see a child's eyes light up -- or roomful of children sit in rapt attention. And it's been entertaining children for 20 years. It's long been one of own my favorite series to use with elementary schoolers. When I taught second and third grade combination classes in Arizona, I began the day with a picture book or two -- usually ones that related to our studies: social studies, science, the craft of writing. Week...

Teach Reading
What Are the Best Early Reading Strategies?
Has your child been showing an increasing interest in reading? Want to know the best early reading strategies to give her a head start on school? Here's an outline of the very best - and easiest - early reading strategies that you can use to help your child start building the foundation they need to start reading, giving them a head start on their education and development.