Now that my older son is reading chapter books, I find myself champing at the bit a lot to introduce him to the classics. No, I’m not bringing Dickens, Tolstoy,...
Entertaining Them
Armchair Travelers
Great DVD series. Even though the narration can be annoying to parents, my daughter knows more about the places they've covered than I do....
A Little-Known Classic
I can’t believe it’s taken me this long to sing the praises of the New York Review Children’s Collection, which continues to find and reissue great but out-of-print...
Kid DIY Your Neighborhood in Miniature
The neighborhood project: Our amazing 1st grade teacher had students put together key pieces of our Brooklyn neighborhood--kids chose what they wanted to recreate,...
Animation Tool for Kids
My favorite new free iphone app is called Flip It! Lite. A very simple but satisfying animation tool allows you to create a stop motion flip book. My son and I had...
