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For most of us, the early stages of childhood are far in our past and are now a distant memory. We have gone through various trials and tribulations to reach the successes that we have found in life, and we take great care to keep the more taxing elements of adulthood strivings away from the Continue reading →

You are new to motherhood and you want to give your baby the very best start in life. And one day early on, in the time between naps and scheduled feedings, you realize (perhaps with dread) that you should read to your baby. You may have heard about the importance of reading to even the Continue reading →

Many informed parents have embraced the endless list of virtues that come from reading aloud to infants and to children. Studies show a marked increase in mental cognition and communication skills. Findings even reflect a strongly augmented vocabulary capacity in adults who were read to as children. But part of the process requires the traversing Continue reading →

Many of us face the daily struggle of trying to fill every moment of our children’s lives with something of value–taking them to school, dropping them off at after – school classes, or sitting through music lessons and the like. And when that’s through, it’s back to the house where, besides trying to put a Continue reading →

As parents, we know that getting our children to learn to read is an essential step not only in their educational development, but also in their intellectual future. And with all the daily reports and expert opinions stressing the importance of creating early readers, it seems as if we need to go out and buy Continue reading →

Signing up for any kind of subscription service can be discouraging for some people. Contracts, automatic payments, and the pressure of long-term commitment cause certain consumers to shy away from such a service. And for others, it comes down to price. Perhaps they assume that the convenience of the subscription and its overall cost is Continue reading →

Every time a subscriber cancels we have the feeling of an opportunity lost, the feeling of mismatched expectations on both ends and it all comes down to a simple question: what’s the reason behind the cancelation? How can we improve? Can we do anything to avoid the next cancelation? When we were just starting Little Continue reading →

Children’s books contain 50 percent more rare words compared to prime-time television and college level speech! This is an incredible statistic and one that makes us realize yet again the importance of reading to our children. But just what does this mean exactly, and what is its importance? Research indicates that the amount of reading Continue reading →

Reading is fundamental. We all know this to be true. But just how important is reading to children? According to the latest research by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, it is more important than ever before, and even more shocking, it must be started earlier–much earlier when our children are babies.

As parents we know that reading books is something we should have our children do. And we know that teaching the value of reading should be done at an early age so that we can create life-long readers in our kids. So how exactly should we start creating little readers? The first thing to tackle Continue reading →