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
All tagged reading
Take the pledge and do your part to expose the kids in your life to 5 stories a day. Discover literacy resources that are there to help when book availability or time is an issue - and start closing the million word gap today. All kids deserve the lifelong benefits this gift comes packaged with.
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.
This style of reading aloud creates a much more engaging experience for everybody involved. If you start early with your little ones, you’re going to encourage a lifetime of thoughtful reflection and engagement with literature.
Even if science somehow definitively proves that screen time actually makes us measurably dumber, even more important than that is what we could have been doing with our time instead. There’s nothing more important than the time we spend with our family, after all.
