How has your summer been?  Do you have plans on things to do in the summer?  One thing we want to do is to read more, especially to go beyond our typical reading topics, which means books that don’t look or sound interesting, but we know are good books from various sources. These books will be harder to go through – that is why I am extremely happy to see many articles on book related activities are shared at last week’s Mom’s Library.  These activities will help make the… Read more

It is time for Mom’s Library again. Today I want to feature some books and book related activities. July 4 is US Independence Day.  It is a great time to learn about the country and the history.  I am glad to see these 6 picture books about 4th of July from Ready Set Read.  Have you visited your local library?  If you are too busy to go during the school year, summer is a great time to visit your library.  Before you… Read more

Today is our first day of summer break.  I am so glad to see so many cool summer activities from last week’s Mom’s Library, because I will need all of them.  I was quite amazed at the number of activities you can do with pool noodles, from racing ramp to light saber, from backyard noodle game to noodle painting, …  check out the post pool noodle play ideas.  In a hot summer day, try these ice chalk play ideas and activities with water balloons. Have you… Read more

Are you ready for summer?  While, ready or not, it is here.  What are you going to do with the kids, now they stay home most of the time?  Are you concerned about them forgetting what they’ve learned during the year?  It is a long break for them.  I have read articles about how important it is to help kids retain what they’ve learned in the summer.  But summer is meant for fun!  How can we, as parents, build in the learning activities into… Read more

It is time for Mom’s Library! Are your kids still in school?  We have two more weeks of school before the summer starts.  There will be so many things we can do with the kids in the summer, and a lot ideas were shared in last week’s Mom’s Library.  Today I am featuring summer learning activities. Summer is here. It is great we can learn and play outside. Here are some fun learning activities you can do with kids: Catch… Read more

It is time for Mom’s Library! Are you working with your kids to make sure he/she is kindergarten ready? Today I am featuring kindergarten ready learning activities and materials. Talking about kindergarten ready, it is helpful to know first if your child is ready, if not, what skills are needed. This Free Readiness Evaluation sheet will be a great tool to use. More than we can realize, many preschool learning activities can be based on simple materials that we can find at home. Here are… Read more

The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey from scholastic is a chapter book series geared toward school age boys. This book app is filled with action, thrills, and laughs. Your child can read the book, have the book read to them, or you can read it to your child. The silliness puts a fun spin on reading and a great way to draw in active, adventure seeking kids. The app has three sections: first the chapter book, second an… Read more

The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories by Dr Seuss is another app produced by Oceanhouse Media and adds to their mighty cannon of Dr Seuss related products. I have to admit to being a very late latecomer when it comes to Dr Seuss. I was never introduced to it as a child and hadn’t read any of the stories until I had children of my own. I know, I know! My only excuse is that it just never featured… Read more

Being busy parents is not an easy job.  Today I am introducing an app that helps parents keep track the whole family’s busy schedule.  In Mom’s Library, you will find featured articles on recharging yourself. We all know how crazy it could be when managing family schedules – each kid has his/her own activities, parents have their work and social events, it gets worse if you have to coordinate schedules with relatives, grandparents, friends, … In addition to schedules, as parents, we… Read more