When talking reading with other parents of boys, something like this crops up in nearly every conversation: “Stevie used to love to read, but now he hates it,” OR “I just cannot get my boys to read…”
Reading is not a gender specific activity, but I do think that parents play a role in making it [...]
“…don’t you like to write letters? I do because it’s such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you’ve done something.” ~Ernest Hemingway
In this month’s issue of Family Fun magazine is a letter from a woman who prompted her son’s interest in writing by encouraging him to write to his favorite baseball [...]
A staple book that seems to get more attention in the summer at our house is The Book of Cards for Kids by Gail MacColl.
This book, which I highly recommend, is your guide to every card game you can imagine, from the classics like Gin and Crazy Eights to the more obscure and fun Smudge, Frogs [...]