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    Reading Events Year Round

    Every year schools get together and organize special days to celebrate the joys of reading. These events are spread out over the year to encourage children and parents to take time out of their busy schedules and curl up with a good book. Some of...

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    Does Your Child Need Glasses?

    No parent wants his or her child to have a visual impairment, but needing glasses isn’t such a terrible thing. You’re never too young to wear glasses. In fact, the younger the child is when the visual impairment is found, the easier it will be...

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    Essential Components of Reading, Part 2

    Practicing specific reading components can greatly help a child with reading, here are some more specifics to focus on when reading.

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    Perfect Learning Tools for Kids, Part 2

    Earlier this week we shared some methods to get children engaged in reading, this post continues that topic with some more ideas:

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    Perfect Learning Tools for Kids, Part 1

    One of the best ways to get kids engaged in reading and language is to apply it to real-time situations. Using newspapers and magazines to get kids involved will help them enhance their skills. Here are some things to try.

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    Fridge toys for kids: Magnetic poetry

    Continuing on with the idea of using the face of the fridge to help a child read; this blog post discusses a toy that is for the more advanced reader who knows the basics of words and sentence structure.

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    Fun fridge toys for kids: Magnetic letters

    Every parent wants to know how to make spelling and reading fun for their child, but did you think it would involve a refrigerator? It’s not wants in the fridge that helps, but rather what is on that really matters.

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    How to get your child to love reading, Part 2

    We continue with our blog talking about how to get your child to love reading.

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    How to get your child to love reading, Part 1

    Valentine’s Day is next week, but what better way than to show something you love it all the time?

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    Technology affecting children’s ability to read, Part 3

    The newest craze in the technological world is the E-book. These devices allow users to view and read books on a portable tablet.

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