How to Raise a Reader
We as humans tend to repeat activities over and over again if they bring us pleasure. We may listen to the same music, visit the same restaurants, watch re-runs of the same TV shows, provided they appeal to our brain
Bookish Play – A Busy Day for Birds by Lucy Cousins
Released about two years ago, A Busy Day for Birds is among my favorite books by Lucy Cousins (The other one being “Hooray for Fish!”). This is a perfect read-aloud book, considering its large print, vibrant illustrations and rhyming text. Can
Where are the Words? – Making the Most of Wordless Books
If you happen to have brought home a wordless book from a bookstore or library, chances are that you will feel lost and won’t know where to start at first. I for one get quite intimidated with all the possibilities
Best Books to Gift a One Year Old
If there is one thing Little Miss A and I love to do, it is to go hunting for the perfect books to gift others. Books were our favorite kind of gifts to give and receive, and Baby A’s first
Books on Big Emotions – Helping your Child Understand Feelings
My baby’s first words kicked in at around 14 months and she began to cohesively speak in context sometime after she was 20 months old. The closer she came to two; I witnessed her vocabulary go up significantly. It heart-warming
Reading to Your New Born
Ever since I posted this picture from when by daughter was two weeks old, I have had a number of mums ask me – “Did you really start reading Roald Dahl to your child right when she was born?” “What