Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.
- Claude Monet
Dad Suggests was created to share with others the many different things that we have loved sharing with our own children.
Our hope is that - by reading or visiting our children’s bookstore - you will find something special to enjoy with your own family.
- Ryan
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Have you ever stopped to consider how often you say no to your child’s requests to play - whether you have a good reason or not. Take the Say-Yes Challenge and spend more quality time playing with your kids for your benefit and theirs.
Public schools are a vital pillar of our society, and they provide many children with enriching opportunities they would never have. Whether you’re considering homeschooling for the first time during the pandemic, or whether you’ve homeschooled for years - it’s worth considering if you might still be able to support your local schools at the same time.
These are 5 of the best apps and websites that make homeschooling and gameschooling fun. Kids naturally love to learn new information - but it helps a lot if it’s engaging and something they actually want to learn. Check out these hand-picked learning resources that captured our son’s imagination.
Simply Piano is the perfect app for teaching kids or adults how to play the piano. It gets you playing popular songs very quickly, and it can unlock the love of music in children with its satisfying immediate feedback and engagement.
The guided, collaborative keepsake journals by Katie Clemons are an outstanding way to connect with your kids through writing. Whether your goal is to bond with your kids or simply encourage writing at home, these journals are made to be cherished for a long time.
Vocabulary is the key to unlocking the magic of reading and storytelling - and Mrs. Wordsmith’s Storyteller’s Word a Day is a beautifully illustrated vocab book for kids that makes word acquisition a lot of fun.
Let your kids choose what they want to read. Help them grow their love for reading. If they’re reading for pleasure, they’re doing it right. Don’t turn reading into a chore. Help your children build a positive relationship with books.
These are the 25 best Christmas jokes for kids and families. Celebrate the holidays with these legitimately funny holiday holiday-themed jokes. There are exactly 25 so you can use them as your very own Christmas joke Advent calendar with the kids.
These are the 5 shows on Disney Plus that I’m most excited to share with my kids. These are simply the very best cartoons from my childhood - featured on Saturday mornings and The Disney Afternoon - and chock-full of nostalgia.
Is it possible to praise your kids too much - or praise them in the wrong way? Just make sure to focus on a growth mindset and unconditional love, and always consider what your kids are learning from being praised.
Parents should definitely dress up with their young kids on Halloween. The potential consequences of sitting out the spooky festivities simply pose too big of a threat to those precious childhood imaginations. So put on those silly costumes, adults!
These are the best Halloween jokes for kids. Celebrate the Halloween season and laugh together with your family using this list of spooky jokes - worth memorizing to share every October.
It’s important to reread books with your kids. Repeated readings have numerous benefits - ranging from academic benefits and boosts to reading skills, all the way to the increased family bonding and the creation of valuable childhood memories.
Kids need to learn that it’s okay to fail. In fact, failing is good for kids. Failure is an opportunity to learn and it leads to growth. But delayed gratification is a hard sell in today’s instant-gratification society. How do you teach your kids that hard work is worth the effort and that it’s okay to fail?
These are the best skills on Amazon Echo for young readers. Turn your Alexa device into a storytelling, imagination machine today. We’ve picked our 5 favorite literacy-related skills for the Echo to share with your kids today.
These are the best questions to ask at parent-teacher conferences. Their teacher is a treasure trove of knowledge about your child. Come prepared with these questions so that your next meeting with your child’s teacher doesn’t turn into a boring recitation of missing assignments and letter grades.
Sharing quality time with the entire family is the ultimate goal of family game night. And that means you have to get your toddler on board as soon as possible too. The social and cognitive benefits of board games are too numerous to put it off any longer than you have to. Discover how to successfully involve your toddler in your next family game night.
Immersion is one of the best ways to learn a foreign language. If the best advice for building your child’s vocabulary and setting them up for success is reading to them, why would it be any different with another language? Start exposing your kids to foreign languages through picture books.
