Raising Strong Girls Together
By: Thomas Weck. The holidays are fast approaching. Families and friends will come together for food, fun, and festivities. The kids will be excited to have time off from school, and parents will hopefully be able to spend a little more quality time with their children. Somewhere in between all the shopping, sledding, cookie baking, [...]
By: Steve Reifman. The process of transitioning back to school at the conclusion of summer vacation can be very difficult for children. There are many different aspects to this transition, some of which tend not to get the attention they deserve. As adults who focus on teaching the whole child, we want to take a [...]
By: Thomas Weck. Reading a book to your daughter is a great way to help her learn. Sometimes, though, simply reading the words on the page may not be stimulating enough. Some of the time your daughter might be perfectly content to sit and listen; on other days, she may not be able to keep [...]
By: Thomas Weck. This winter try something different with your children to cure the winter blues. Instead of simply reading to them from the books on their shelf, why not come up with your own story? Storytelling is a time-honored tradition, handed down from generation to generation. In some cases, handed-down stories turn into beautifully [...]
Reviewed by author, Pam Allyn. The Best of Girls to the Rescue by Bruce Lansky (Meadowbrook, 2002) Written especially for any girl or parent who is tired of princesses sitting around waiting to be rescued, Bruce Lansky has created a series of reimagined fairy tale-like short stories where girls take charge of their lives and [...]
Meet Allie Finkle – she’s a smart, sassy, head-strong 9-year-old who turns her soon to be teenage-angst into a something that every tween girl can instantly relate to. No, she’s not the type of girl you instantly adore – she’s got her quirks and unique way of handling girlfriends, school, and boys. Yet, she is [...]
Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion by Mo Willems (Balzer & Bray: 2010) Reviewed by author, Pam Allyn. Mo Willems completes his beloved picture book series with this volume that will leave fans of Knuffle Bunny, young and old, happy and content. The series began with Knuffle Bunny and continued with Knuffle Bunny Too. If [...]
By: Ashley Leeds and Alexandra Mayzler. You and your daughters are probably counting down the remaining days of the school year. The day-to-day routine is becoming less rigid and you are all looking forward to lazy mornings and less structured days. As a parent, you might be concerned that your daughter knows the daytime TV [...]
Reviewed by author, Pam Allyn. Frannie Miller is ready for anything and would like very much to have an actual job and be an actual grown up. She does her best to behave in grown up ways, usingwords like “actually” and “certainly” and even doing her best to learn to likemustard. This very, very young [...]
February is I Love to Read Month. Box Tops for Education (BTFE) has some great ideas for parents, so you can share the joy of reading with your daughters! America’s schools have earned more than $300 million through Box Tops for Education since the program started in 1996. Thousands of schools have used that cash [...]
