According to UN calculations, the world's population is expected to reach 7 billion sometime today, October 31, 2011. That's an incredible number, one that's hard for even adults to wrap their heads around. But what about kids? When I told my boys about this milestone, I could see they were struggling a bit to grasp [...]
Currently Reading:Schooled (Gordon Korman) In this fourth post in our Featured User Series, I'd like to introduce you to 10 1/2 year old Marco! Marco joined Reading-Rewards with his class in September 2010, and has logged just under 109 hours of reading time. That puts him at the Reading-Rewards Jellyfish level. Woohoo, [...]
Last week, I had the privilege of visiting a pretty remote part of the world: Iqaluit, Nunavut, in the great Canadian North. I was there on business, consulting on an IT project. I had no idea what to expect, really, but nothing could have prepared me for the breathtaking views from the plane [...]
Best Books for Boys: How to Engage Boys in Reading in Ways that Will Change Their Lives by Pam Allyn 176 pages, ISBN: 978-0545204552 When I was asked to review Pam Allyn's Best Books for Boys - How to Engage Boys in Reading in Ways That Will Change Their Lives, I didn't hesitate for [...]
Bedtime stories in our household have generally been daddy's domain. The boys are now reading on their own, and more interested in their own silent reading than read-alouds, which leaves us with our youngest, now aged 5. I spoke about my challenges with her English here, so lately I've taken a particular, personal interest in [...]
Last week, I did something I really should have done ages ago. I sorted through my sons' bookshelves, trying to make sense of the picture books, encyclopedias, comic books and novels they have been accumulating since.... well, birth. Some of the obvious ones had already migrated to my daughter's room ages ago, but lately I'd [...]
Yesterday was International Children's Book Day. For over forty years, this day has been celebrated “to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children’s books.” Sponsored by The International Board on Books for Young People, this year’s theme is “The Book Remembers.” "The book remembers the time in which it was written" [...]
We all know the importance of reading aloud to our kids, well beyond the age when they are able to read on their own. One of the keys to read aloud success? Choosing books that are age appropriate for the kids. But what happens when, like me, you have kids that vary in ages quite [...]
Looking for some great reads for the children in your life? Check out our updated post on the most popular children's books on Reading Rewards. Continuing on from my earlier post about Books Boys Love... I've been compiling a list of popular children's books from our Reading Rewards website that [...]
Looking for some great reads for the children in your life? Check out our updated post on the most popular children's books on Reading Rewards. After more than 12 months of readers logging their reading minutes and book reviews on Reading Rewards, I thought I'd take a look and see which [...]