Category Archives: Free Kids Books News
Tips for Writers?
A reader has sent a comment as follows: Hey there, I’m a new blogger coming from Anghiari, Italia who found you on http://freekidsbooks.org/blog/2012/03/fun-activities-for-kids/. Do you have any helpful hints for up-and-coming writers? I’m hope to launch my own site very soon but I’m a bit lost on everything. Would you suggest beginning with a free platform like [...]
Reading Nooks
Reading nooks have always fascinated me as a kid (and secretly as an adult;-), I can’t wait for the time my kids are old enough to build one. Jacqui Barrie has kindly summarised a whole bunch of resources on reading nooks for us, as soon as the time comes for me, I’m going to delve [...]
A Computer Geek’s Way to Engage a Little Reader
Guest post by Sara Dawkins A Computer Geek’s Way to Engage a Little Reader A child will begin to emulate repeated activities he or she sees the parent doing. If you spend a great deal of time on the computer, there is a very good chance the child will develop interest in it. This happens with nearly [...]
How Mainstream Cartoon Games Are Used as Teaching Tools for Kids
This is a guest post by freelance writer Sara James, as an introduction I’d like to say the topic is dear to my heart, as free games have been my life-saver in helping my daughter learn to read. Computer games shouldn’t be thought of as just games, as Sarah mentions, they combine fun, learning, hand [...]
3 Ways E-books Help Children Read
Guest Post written by Ken Myers Getting children interested in reading must start at a young age. But how can books compete with all the flash and glamor of mobile phones, computers, and iPads? Well, one way to make books interesting is to integrate them into those very technologies. Here are three ways that e-books [...]
Tux Typing and Maths – Great Free Educational Games!
My daughter and I have been playing these games and I had to share about it, they are so cute, and they seem amazingly educational. http://tux4kids.alioth.debian.org/ Tux typing has letters falling from the sky in the shape of fish, and if the child presses the right letter, the penguin gets to eat the fish. It [...]
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From Bored to Bookworm: How to Turn Kids Into Active Readers
This post was written and submitted to us by Rose King at: http://www.teachingdegree.org/2012/10/30/turn-kids-into-active-readers/ Despite its incredible benefits, the digital age does have its downsides. It should come as no surprise that many of today’s kids have little to no interest in cracking open a book. All the fun videos, blogs, and social connections happen online – [...]
The Books My Children Loved
Written by Debra Johnson, blogger and editor of http://www.liveinnanny.com/ Over the last twenty five years we have worn out copies of many books in our home. My children have always loved to be read to and from this have gleaned a love for reading. There are so many books that are near and dear to my heart [...]
Is the Bed Time Story a Dying Art?
Written by Carol Watson, Editor in Chief for NationalNannies Storytelling used to be the only way families could pass on knowledge from generation to generation. There were no books or computers to keep track of information. Those born in 2012 are looking at the possible extinction of the paper book in their lifetime. E-readers are [...]