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Children are made readers on the laps of their parents
~ Emilie Buchwald ~
It’s amazing to me how crucial twenty minutes of reading aloud to my son is. By the time he turns five, he will have had over 600 hours of instruction time, which is more than one academic school year. I admit that I haven’t always been perfect about reading to him daily, but more and more I’m making it a priority. Reading out loud to young children promotes family bonding, encourages listening and language skills, and gives children a strong reading foundation (The National Children’s Reading Foundation).
Scholastic, the most trusted name in learning, has a wonderfully rich developmental program for children from birth to three years of age called Little Scholastic. The program introduces babies and toddlers to a lifetime of reading, learning, and interaction at an early age. As your child grows and develops, you as the parent can read the book in new and exciting ways to build on concepts. Babies start by touching the textures and pointing to the images. Between the ages of one and two, toddlers are starting to listen and repeat the words. Older toddlers, ages two to three, learn the concepts and connect the meaning of the words and images. Each book in the Little Scholastic series features:
Rhyming, repetive text
Vivid contrasting colors
Familiar subjects and surroundings
Simple, easy to learn concepts
Interactive components
My son received Numbers, Peek-a-Zoo, and Rhyme-a-Round, courtesy of Scholastic. As soon as I opened the package my son was grabbing at the books. He LOVES books just like mommy. I was immediately impressed by the vibrant colors and textures. My son is fascinated by detail…he immediately noticed the contrasting textures on the tree in Rhyme-a-Round. He also found out that the trunk on the elephant’s nose and the wing on the bee in Peek-a-Zoo can be ripped off! We’ve been saying the alphabet and counting to 10 for a while now so the Numbers book was familiar to him. We have a lot of books for our little boy but hadn’t really bought him any board books with textures. I appreciate the fact that they’re extremely durable since my son likes to tear and bend anything he can (it’s part of exploring I assume!). I also like that the concepts and songs are familiar. It’s definitely age-appropriate and easy enough to read in a time frame that keeps his interest.
The Little Scholastic website is filled with useful information including expert advice and articles, downloadable games and activities, videos and more. Check out their site for tips on reading with your baby and/or toddler.
Win It! One lucky reader will win 5 books from the Little Scholastic series (tailored to your child’s age), courtesy of Scholastic. Head on over to the Little Scholastic website and check out how truly fabulous it really is : ). Come back and leave me a comment indicating the name of a book you’d like to read with your child AND one interesting tip or piece of advice you found. Comments will close on August 26, 2008 at 10 pm PST and I will announce the winner here the following day. One comment per person, please. US residents only. Duplicates and comments not including the above information will be disqualified. Comments are moderated. If you don’t see your comment in a reasonable amount of time, send me an email. Bloggers and non-bloggers may enter. If you don’t want to leave your email address, please be sure to check back for my announcement on the winner. Please note that winners must respond within 48 hours of being announced/contacted or another winner will be drawn.
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I love scholastic and grew up and loved ordering when they sent the forms home long ago and now its fun becuase its online and faster. The book I would get is This Little Piggy: A Cartwheel Cloth Book becuase its an unusual and creative approach to reading and learning.I got reminded let children get involved in anything they can- making lunch, to cleaning and get organized and shut off the tv- I like the tv for noise even though we sit and read and play games- the tv is on so it is not too quiet I guess but need to shut it off.
I love scholastic books and any kind of reading becuase it lets kids and adults go places and have adventures thru reading. It can be alot of fun imagining you are in the story or feeling like you are there.
I’d love to share The Crawly Caterpillar with our little one, and I leanred that there is an Expert Blog, where I can access tips and info from leading experts in children.
I’d like to read Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear: A Hand Puppet Board Book with my son. I learned that they have games and activities on site even for little ones.
A great gift!
I wish all children learned to read for fun and I wished all children knew how to read.
Thanks for this great contest and prize!
My grandson’s favorites are ” The Tawny Scrawny Lion” and ” The Pokey Little Puppy”…they teach such nice lessons of acceptance.
I would like to read my son The Crawly Caterpillar. He loves these caterpillars and I know that he would really enjoy it.
For a restless kid, in order to read to him in peace, make sure that s/he is well fed, went to the bathroom, and played for a while before, so that he used up all his/her energy.
We love Scholastics!
I’d love to read Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear with my little animal lover.
I also got the idea of making a personalized book for my toddler using family photos- cute idea, huh?
Thanks!
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wow i love to win this for my little one and well aall books are verry good to read thanks
Love kids contests!
I’d love to read Kitten’s First Full Moon to my kids. And what I learned is that it’s okay to snuggle during story time. For some reason, I’ve always sat at the end of the bed and read.
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I would love to win this for my little one, I like The Crawly Caterpillar! I also learned another site for games for my little one, we are getting so sick of Nick Jr over here!
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Reading is the best thing you can do with your child
My daughter loves to sit and read, on her own and with me. However it is hard to get an 18 month old and a 6 month old to read with me.
I will start to track their relaxation time and try to get them after I’ve wore them out at the park.
Good tip and wonderful giveaway.. Now, someone needs to let me win a bookshelf 🙂
The Little Numbers book looks great. I learned from the website that picking books based on your child’s interests will encourage them to read.
I liked the idea of writing thank you notes and grocery list together to encourag literacy. The book I would like to read to my grandchildren is One Lonely Seahorse.
Love things for my kiddo!
1. the Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear: A Hand Puppet Board Book looks great!
2. make storytime a special treat!
being a teacher any mommy, scholastic has always been one of my favorite lines of boks!!
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I like that Little Scholastic collections are age appropriate. Tiny Tadpole sounds like fun!
I’d love to read the Little Scholastic Numbers with my daughter. She loves to show how she knows her numbers. The tip I learned is about really wearing out an active toddler before trying to sit down with a book. Maybe she’ll focus more!
Hi, I have always loved Scholastic Books! From the time I was a young girl and placing orders through school until now when I order for my sons from their schools. I read the section about making sure a book is age appropriate. For instance, what is being learned from the book, is the subject
matter appealing and are the illustrations appealing?!
The book “Five Shiny Stars” seems very good. A child
learns to count down from 5 to zero. A song play on the
last page. I would love to win this book contest. Please
enter me in your delightful drawing. Many thanks, Cindi
Thank you for having this! We love reading to our children. One of our favorites is The Velveteen Rabbit. Its truly a wonderful and a classic. A good tip or piece of advice I can give is to always end the day with a hug and a kiss every night with your children and your spouse 🙂 Thank you!
I love Scholastic! We got a Little Scholastic book last Christmas for Kaitlyn about building a snowman, and she still flips through it. I saw from browsing the site that there’s a new Knuffle Bunny book called ‘Knuffle Bunny Too-A Case Of Mistaken Identity’. That’s the one I would love to get for Kaitlyn! And I liked the tip I read that as a general rule, the younger your child is, the more stories need to speak to his life experiences. Makes sense!
I love scholastic. My kids would be delighted
Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear is the book and the advice is to use photo and personalized books.
I would love to read Petting Farm with my son.
My son is speech delayed and I have found using picture books to be a wonderful way to explore language with him. He is a visual learner and so seeing the picture with the word is very helpful to him.
Good Night, Sleep Tight is a really cute book, A tip I learned was to let kids pick the books they like to read(look at)
Scholastic books are a staple in our house. Good Night, Sleep Tight looks like a sweet book to read to my one year old for our nightly book.
Thanks for the great giveaway 🙂
The Noisy Egg looks adorable! One tip is to let your child explore books; don’t just stick to the text on the pages!
I’d love to read my daughter Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear – she loves to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, and Baby Days – looks liek the photos are great! One tip is to create our own books using family photos – Lennon is the 22nd grandchild on her father’s side so we have lots of family members for a book!
I think Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear looks like a great book AND It comes with a hand puppet! What fun! I also appreciate the article on talking to your baby – especially the part indicating that you can really read ANYTHING to a baby. It’s just important to read and keep it engaging.
I’d love to read Into the Mist with my daughter. My favorite tip was Snuggling While Reading!!
Tip: Slow down and add tone and sound. Use a sing-song voice and let your baby hear each wonderful word. Adding non-word sound effects will bring a smile to her face.
I would love to read The Crawly Caterpillar to my son.
It is important to keep your child engaged while reading. I think the Twinkle Twinkly Panda Bear puppet book would definately keep my 6 month old engaged. He would be trying so hard to eat all those pandas! 🙂
The Pokey Little Puppy for my son, it was my favorite as a kid.I will be doing some of the activities on the site w/ my kids.
I’d love to read Kitten’s First Full Moon to my daughter. And I learned is that it’s okay to snuggle during story time!
I love the puppet books – so cute! I also like the advice that they give for the high energy toddler to let them run and roam as much as possible and to give them hugs and kisses when they return to where you are.
I think my little guy would like the My First Jumbo of Things That Go book.
My son doesn’t like to sit still to read, so the advice to give him opportunities to use up his energy and then sit down in a cozy place was very helpful.
I had no idea Scholastic had books for teeny ones! I would love to read the Peek-a-zoo with my 2 y.o. – she loves animals and lift the flap books. 🙂 And the article about how to hold a toddler’s attention was really great – I’ve been trying to find books about topics that she’s interested in. And, maybe reading after a more active activity will help. 🙂 Thanks for this neat find and great giveaway!
Knuffle bunny looks like a great book. I learned that even though reading is difficult to a wiggly toddler not to give up. It really is important.
who doesnt love Scholastic books? Thank you so much for the chance to win! My boys would love this!
Both my boys would love My First Jumbo Book of Dinosaurs. I learned that they recommend renting movies of books that you have read together to teach them that books are a form of entertainment – who knew!
The crawly caterpilar looks cute.
I appreciate all the tips for keeping a toddler’s interest, like keeping books short and not feeling like you have to read every word or even read the story just as it is in the book. I’d love to read Good Night, Sleep Tight with our little boy we are adopting from Russia 🙂
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I would like to read”The True Story of the Three Little Pigs “with Tennyson.
I learned that you shouldn’t read in the same place all of the time.. so as not to bore kids
I would love to get the book Fancy Nancy for my two little princesses who love to be as fancy as possible!
I have learned with children that it is best to give them 5 minute warning before you tell them to stop playing. Who wants to be told you have to stop in the middle of doing something? With a little warning it eases them into a new activity.
They all look so cute! I think the My First Jumbo of Dinosaurs is a great idea…you don’t usually see books about dinosaurs for little ones, but my baby wants to do everything like his big brother!
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i would love to read “good night, sleep tight” because i think it’s good to read the soft, quiet, gentle books before bed. and my youngest daughter loves to be rocked and read to before we put her down to sleep.
I would love to win the original Courdoroy (sp?) – we have a “sequel” of sorts, but it doesn’t compare to the original if I remember correctly.
I really liked this site, particulary the numerous times it cheerleaded parents to just keep reading – even to busy busy toddlers. I work with little ones and it’s too easy for parents to give up. They (we) need all the support they/we can get!
My son would love My First Jumbo of Things That Go. He likes reading his books as much as playing with his toys and I’ve found it has really jump started his vocabulary and comprehension.
I think my little girl would LOVE Peek a Zoo!
There are so many cute books! We are working on counting and recognizing numbers so the book Numbers would be a great addition. I love the parental videos and articles. One great tip I found was to talk about the pictures. As a first grade teacher this is an essential beginning reading strategy and is a great way to practice inferring as well.
My favorites are the 5 little stars and 5 little ducks. Great classic counting books.
I think my one year old would love the textures in “The Crawly Catipillar”. He absolutely loves to touch things. One of the tips that I love best is the one that says to use movement while talking to him. I really think that would keep my son interested in me and what I was saying.
These are great. We’ve been reading to our little one since before he was born. My husband even read the Harry Potter books to him while he was an infant. We were told “it doesn’t matter what you read to your child, so long that you do it.” Which helped so my husband would read whatever books he was into at the time – just out loud.
This is a great giveaway and I’d love to win “Peek-A-Zoo”. Please pick me!
Can go wrong with scholastic! I loving reading to our little ones.
Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear: A Hand Puppet Board Book. This would keep my busy boy entertained!
Reading to a toddler lacking an attention span: Little people w/a small attention span, give them plenty of exercise during the day and lots of hugs and kisses and start out with a book with a few pages and use varied voice inflections/levels to keep them entertained.
I’ll try it!
I like Good Night, Sleep Tight for my son. I like the tip about letting the kids explore the books and going beyond the text on the pages (in fact, my mom loves to “read” a picture book we have to him by talking about everything BUT the words on teh page. She makes up a different story every time)
I love to read to my grandchildren and Fancy Nancy is one of my favorites
We have the This Little Piggy puppet book and it is fantastic! So I would love to read him Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear or Old MacDonald, since he loves the puppets so much! Thanks!
As a former teacher, I love scholastic!! I’d like to read the crawly caterpillar.
I would love the book No, David. We already have one David book and my son loves it. He loves books and trips to the library to pick out more books to read. I liked the tips there on how to start a library for the kids and on how to talk to them. This is a great giveaway.
My First Jumbo of Dinosaurs. I like that it has touch & feel textures. I am sure it would keep my little dinosaur entertained!
I love The Very Hungry Catapillar and I think my daughter would like the hand puppet books.
I learned that there’s a parents section on the website with tiops and articles, both geared towards reading/learning and also tips for everyday life (like managing morning mayhem!).
I would love to read Five Shiny Stars with my son. His Grandaddy and I have an ongoing father/daughter secret about stars. So I always look for cards with stars on them and he always draws stars on my gifts. I would like to continue this “star” tradition with my son.
Loved the top about “Making you own books.” I never thought of it this way – I have always loved making collages!
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The playtime book and dvd!!!! I love the idea of engaging as many senses as possible to really make the reading/listening experience more enjoyable for all involved. The combination of sight,sound and touch together is such a blast for the little ones…. remember “scratch and sniff” when WE were young?! I loved the virtual house tour on the site… especially when it tells parents and caregivers to vocalize what we are doing at all times… kids really pick up on words, and thier associations that way. Great site, great products, great advice!!!
We would love to read “Good Night, Sleep Tight”! I have found somedays that the day gets away from me before I have read to my daughter so since the day she was born, my husband and I have made a promise that we will both read to her before bedtime. He usually reads 1 book and I read 2 so even if we are super busy during the day, she still gets that one-on-one time with mommy or daddy and a book before bedtime!
My First Jumbo of Dinosaurs — because my 2 year old loves dinosaurs and he does better listening to books he can interact with (lift flaps, feel textures, etc.). One tip I found useful was that if I make sure my very active son knows that I think he is great — high-activity level and all — he may be more cooperative when I want him to sit down to read a book with me.
I liked the My First Jumbo of things that go! I think my son would enjoy this book since he is really getting into cars and trucks lately!
I was excited to read about the Quick tips for parents. I liked some of the ideas they had for reading to my little one. They would be quick to look at when I need a new idea to get him interested in what we are reading about.
I was always that geeky kid in school who would ask the teacher daily if the Scholastic order had come in yet, and I wouldn’t be surprised if my son is the same way;)
I would like to read him The Tiny Tadpole, and my advise is to give your child lots of options to choose from and let them feel like they have a say in what you read them.
My daughter loves to look at books. Since being a teacher, I love having Scholastic books around the house. This would be a wonderful gift!
I am a homeschool mom, in fact we started 1st grade today. Books are so essential to a child’s life. My favorited part of the day is bed time, just because I can sit with my daughter and have her undivided attention and go away somewhere fun, yet not leaving my own couch. We’re currently reading Nikki from the American Girl Series, but we’re soon starting Anne of Green Gables. One of my personal favorites.
I would love to read The Tiny Tadpole to my daughter – she loves anything to do with frogs!!!!
My favorite tip that I came across was to read with expression. Sounds very simple, I know, but I’m usually very tired when it’s story time at night so I just read to her without changing voices, etc. I will definitely make a more concerted effort in this area!
Thanks!!!!
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We are starting to read to our son and he loves to sing the Old MacDonald song with his grandma. I think that Old MacDonald: A Hand-Puppet Board Book would be perfect for him.
Oh, how I’ve missed the Scholastic Book club! I’d have to get 5 Little Ducks, because my daughter loves that song. And I’d have to say I learned that I can use this site to find crafts to go with books we’re reading. Thanks!
I would like Tiny Tadpole for my niece. And I learned about language milestones for kids.
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Great giveaway. I would love to win the Crawly Caterpillar to my daughter. I learned to slow down and add tone to your voice.
I like the idea that you use the words that they know to teach them new words. That is a grat idea. The Numbers book looks great for my little one. Education is very important to me and I love to use Scholastic books to help him learn.
The tip that I found helpful for me right now is to use more movement when reading. I tend to just sit and read and while I use my voice a lot, I am busy holding the book.
I really liked the wordless books. Just from the pictures online, they look like they have very rich illustrations, especially Anno’s Counting Book.
My daughter loves books! She would read them all day if she could! I would love to read The Crawly Caterpillar with her. I liked the article on reading to an active toddler. I think it is important that you let them get their energy out before trying to make them sit through a story.
I love the tips for “storytelling” and how to make up your own stories instead of using books.
Although its not available yet, I think the Playtime book and dvd look the most interesting.
Thanks for the chance to win!
The Crawly Caterpillar looks great, but ht numbers book would also be a fun addition to our home.
My favorite tip was how to read to a squirmy toddler, only after feed time, play time how smart!
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I would love to read the tiny Tadpole book to my 3 year old. He loves frogs! I liked the tips for getting your child to stop for a moment to enjoy reading. My son is just “too busy” to pay attention to a whole story. Now I will just make sure that he’s plumb tuckered out before we start story time.
For my young baby, I’d like to read the new playtime with DVD… a touch and feel book! I like that it is bright and will have interaction with her.
I like the tips, but what I enjoyed was learning how to make a homemade picture book… something so easy and classic, but I wouldn’t have thought about.
I would love to read The Crawly Caterpillar with my littlest!
The exploration of “fear” during stories was a cool fact – it gives them something to relate to.
I would like to read The Crawly Caterpillar with my little guy!
I learned to use more movement – I use my voice a lot, but the movement, I haven’t done.
As a first grade teacher, I see first-hand the difference it makes throughout the year when parents take the time to read to/read with their kids from an early age!
my little guy loves books!
There are some fabulous choices there, making it hard to pick. But since we will be relocating our 2.5 year old and forthcoming baby from the south to the snowy midwest this winter, “How to Build a Snowman” looks like the best choice right now!
My tip with toddlers is regular rotation of books. We are big readers and have noticed that having all of his books available to choose from makes it harder for him to pick — giving us one more thing to struggle over at bedtime. Limiting the choices to 10 or so seems to help, and you can swap out 1 or 2 every few days to keep it interesting.
(Bearing in mind, of course, that sometimes toddlers MUST read the same book over and over and over and over….)
My two year-old LOVES to read!
Twinkle Twinkle Panda and Crawly Caterpillar loo interesting! Yes reading is vital to a child’s development even if it’s a few minutes a day. I would love to add these books to our library.
Thanks
Jamie
I would like to read the Little Book of Dinosaurs. I did not know that the Scholastic site had games for kids to play.
What a great giveaway! I can’t choose just one! Reading is so important in our family.
I’d love to check out Peek-A-Zoo.
The best thing I’ve learned is to make reading part of the regular daily routine. We read before bed each night, so it’s also a cue to the little one that it’s time to wind down and get ready for bed.
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I would read No, David! with my 3 year old. I learned how to have a good time storytelling with my daughter. 🙂
I’d love to read my son Peek-a-Zoo! I love the photo book idea, too.
Pokey Puppy wud be luvd pl
I think The Noisy Egg would be a great book to read with my one year old. It says in the description that there are lots of textures to explore in the book and that is something my daughter really likes.
I found the article about how to read a book to a restless toddler informative. I had not thought about trying to figure out her interests before. Next time, I will bring a huge pile of books and let her choose the one she wants me to read to her!
I’d love to read Knut: The Baby Polar Bear with my son. I learned that learning to invent stories develops literacy, stimulates imagination, and enhances family relationships.
Good Night, Sleep Tight is our book pick. The most interesting piece of advice were the Five Tips for Talking to Your Baby (Include movement and stay close, Slow down and add tone and sound, Listen and add, Expand on interests, and Bring on the books). Thanks for the giveaway.
My God-son who is 4 is behind in his reading. I have decided to be his reading partner as his mom and dad are not able right now. I have picked up several books at thrift stores but have heard about the Tiny Caterpillar. I do belive we will enjoy these books.
Thanks !
Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear looks great. And, a tip would be to read to your child from about six months on.
My 18 month old would love “5 Little Ducks”. He loves ducks and always points at them while saying “duck” (one of the few animals he knows – almost all 4 legged animals are “dog” and all birds are “duck”. 🙂
One of the tips I have is to let the child choose the book according to what they like. If my son picks out a book with cars (which he loves) he will be much more attentive and sometimes he will even gaze at the pictures all by himself (while mommy enjoys the few minutes of peace!).
Thanks! 🙂
I would love the Twinkle Twinkle Panda hand puppet book that is black and white. My baby goes insane for black and white! I loved the advise about using your whole body when you read to your baby. It makes it a super learning experience for baby.
My son would LOVE “My First Jumbo of Things That Go” as he loves all things that move…cars, trains, plains. He loves books, too. For such a small little guys, he sure has a big collection.
I learned that running in the house is okay?!? 🙂
This is a great contest, glad I found your blog!
I would purchase “Petting Farm”. My son is speech delayed and this would be a good book to use with him for animal sounds.
I’d like to read Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear – I think she’d LOVE the puppets. I learned to listen to a phrase that my baby says and add the rest of the words that she doesn’t say.
The Crawly Caterpillar looks interesting. My daughter has the Peek A Zoo book and loves it. I like the idea to build a library of books around your childs interest and the photo album idea. I started one with zoo animals, but should do a family one too.
The Crawly Caterpiller looks like fun.
I’d love to read one of the hand puppet books with my 2 year old, like the Old McDonald one. She loves finger rhymes! The site reminded me of the importance of interaction when you’re reading.
The Crawly Caterpillar would be a big hit at our house. We’re all about the animals.
I read a bit about planning for getting out of the house without screaming at each other. We’ll have lunches packed the night before.
What a great website! I would love to introduce by 9 month old to the caterpillar and duck books because of the great pictures! As a first time mom and book lover, I want to do everything I can to give my son a head start in reading and to develop a love for books.
My First Jumbo Book of Numbers look like a great book. I like the tip about allowing your child to select their own books.
I’d love to read My First Jumbo of Dinosaurs with my son. I like the expert blog where I can get ideas on who to futher encourage my son to read
Definitely we’d like Mom & Me Cooking! My daughter likes to make up recipes, using ingredients she sees sitting on the kitchen counter, which makes it … ummm … interesting.
Didn’t know I Spy books were from Scholastic!
I like the parent chat.
My 6yo daughter and I would enjoy reading Good Night, Sleep Tight to my 2yo dd.
I would choose The Crawly Catepillar. The book as the potential to lead to lots of fun games. I liked the tip about making sure your energetic toddler is well fed before trying to sit down and read. Goodness knows that anyone has trouble concentrating when they are hungry!
We love to read at our house!!
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I love Scholastic and remember bringing home the order sheets when I was a kid.
My son would LOVE the book,”My First Jumbo of Things That Go” and “How to Build a Snowman.” I really liked the parents section and learned a lot in the expert advice about choosing the best books for your child. I also liked the act green section – great tips for kids! Thanks for hosting such a great contest! 🙂
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My son would love the “On the Go” book.
I loved the book recommendation page that I found. It definitely gave me some new ideas.
“The Jumbo Book of things that Go” My son absolutely loves anything with wheels or anything that ‘goes’. He would definitely sit and read this book with me.
The tip I enjoyed, was to add tone and a sing-song quality to your reading. I do this with my son and he loves it. He is two and can already say some nursery rhymes that I have read to him this way.
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what can i say? i am a teacher and a mom of a 21 mo. old? i know and love reading?!!! though, books don’t come cheap!!! this would be a blessing to receive.
The Crawly Caterpillar
I like the idea of using movement while reading – will have to try that!
Tip I liked is about making story time a special treat. I have tons of books I’d like to read to her. The classics I haven’t bought yet…
but Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear looks cute.
Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear sounds like a good one. My advice is to teach your kids to respect books. I will not let my one-year-old step on or bite her books, I think it teaches her that books are special!
they suggested making your own books, with photos and pictures cut out of magazines. I would love to read The Crawly Caterpillar with my grandson
I’d like to read Twinkle, Twinkle Panda Bear. I like the reminder that telling stories tells our kids it’s okay to use their imagination.
Oh wow! I just love the Good night sleep tight book!!! I think we borrowed that one from the library and I ended up with overdue fines, because my daughter loved it so much!
I didn’t realize that their website had Magic Bus printable (a favorite at my house) or that they had what to expect in ___ Grade. That will really come in handy now that the kids are gearing back up to go to school. I also made sure to book mark the Homework Hub! Sometimes learning the”new math” isn’t as easy as I think it should be, so this could really give my grade schooler some additional help!
i’d love to read the twinkle twinkle panda bear book, since twinkle twinkle little star is my little one’s favorite song. my tip: have some reading time first thing in the morning before they get to hyper with playing with other toys
I think that the Crawly Catterpillar looks very cute- I am curious to know what the surprise pop up at the end is- Thanks for the fun giveaway- Scholastic books are wonderful and I am glad to find that they have books focused for the little ones too! audrajjensen (at) msn (dot) com
I think my dd would like Noisy Egg. I liked the tip on how to get the kids to slow down and relax and read with you.. fill up their tummy good first!
The Crawly Caterpillar sounds like something my little grandson and I could enjoy together. With rhyming text, collage art and textures to touch, this one has to be a winner.
There are a lot of great tips on the site. I am a former pre-school/kindergarten teacher. This tip is one I liked that they included:Always feel free to shorten a story to suit your child’s ability to stay and listen. You can lengthen the amount of time spent reading as his interest in the pictures and stories grows. (You can always “tell” the story through the pictures…….my note.)
I would love to share “The New Bear at School” with my son, perfect timing and it looks really cute. I love the idea for a bathtub book for my baby! Why didn’t I think of putting pictures inside sandwich bags?!?!?
Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear looks really cute.
Use different voices was a tip from the website, that I always do.
I would love to read The Crawly Caterpillar book to my little one. She’s become fascinated recently by bugs! The website has some great information including an article on why playtime is so important and how pretend play helps their little brains to grow and learn as much as “real” learning time.
I would love the Little Scholastics Numbers to read to my daughter… and I read the Five Tips for Talking to Your Baby article. At three months, I thought it was a little early to start reading to Jaedyn, but according to that article it isn’t! I would love to get started with some Little Scholastics books!
I have to say I like Peek-a-Zoo and I bet our daughter would too. When reading to my daughter, I find that sitting facing her I get a much stronger reaction from her to pictures and touch books as she can see me say what item she is pointing at and picks up on my vocabulary. It is fun all around. Thanks for having this give-a-way. I’ve got your site bookmarked now. twogoots @ yahoo.com
It’s hard to pick just one book but I really like any of the finger puppet type books…I can see my 9 month old wanting to put them in her mouth 🙂
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My daughter loves Pandas. Therefore, we’d love to read Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear with my her.
What a great give-a-way–The gift of reading!!
Great giveaway! Thanks for the entry.
I’d love to read my daughters Goodnight, Gorilla one of these days. It looks like a cute book. 🙂
Best advice or tip I have is just to keep reading with your kids every day. Even if they don’t seem like they’re paying attention because they’re still pretty little, don’t let that hinder you. They’ll still be listening even if they appear to be completely engaged with something else.
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I would love to read Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear to my son. He loves hand on toys and looking at books with manipulatives.
I’d love to read The Crawly Caterpillar with my 2 year old. I loved the article on storytelling and will try some of the tips with my kids, including telling stories from my own life, and telling them fairy tales that I already know.
Although I love to read The Crawly Caterpillar based on the description, (especially the part about the pop-up surprise), I would have to pick On The Go as my son loves cars and trucks.
Anytime is story time!
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Would love to read and have the Corduroy book with our little one due in January.
And something great I learned/found was from their article on how to best build your child’s library:
Babies & Toddlers
Best bets are sturdy, “chewable” books that resist being damaged by spills. Look for bold illustrations or photographs with simple or no text. Books that contain pictures of things familiar to your child will make “reading” more enticing to him. Board books featuring other babies or animals are perennial favorites — as are beloved characters such as Clifford. For toddlers, try interactive board books or book-and-toy sets about feelings and daily rituals.
I also heard the other day that babies only see in contrast, so black and white picture books are a good bet. I’m on the lookout for one of those!
I have two newborns at home, so the Twinkle Twinkle Pand Handpuppet Book would be perfect since it’s black and white. The most helpful advice I found was how to be a storyteller to your children. I’m not the most creative person on the spot, so the tips on how to tell an “on the spot” story and turning a well known story in your own words are something I’m going to try.
My kids are all avid readers. The older two are 12 and 9 and both reading WELL above their age (my 12 yr old daughter is a 11th grade level) I read to my 4 yr old nightly, we almost always choose scholastic books. It’s SO important. This is a great giveaway.
I would get My First Jumbo of Things That Go because my son loves trucks and cars!
We love to read and encourage both of our kids to read. The tip I liked the most was about encouraging early literacy – especially the part about using rhyming games. It reminded me of a game I played with my older daughter – a song in which we make up funny matches like a rat wearing a hat, or a bear sitting on a mare.
My kids would enjoy Swimmy by Leo Lionni. I think the advice to find books about things a busy toddler is excited about is helpful.
Twinkle Twinkle Handpuppet Book-read daily
I love Skippyjon Jones. So cute.
I like the idea of making a doll to act out a story. It would be fun to make crazy Skippyjon!
I would love to read the Peek-a-Zoo book with my 8 month old son. I think he’ll find the book interesting because it has multiple ways to interact like different feel of texture, has a mirror – he is so amazed when he ses himself in the mirror – and various sizes of pictures.
The one advice that I found true and helpful is that when choosing a book for babies or toddlers, board books constructed of sturdy cardboard & wipeable plastic titles are the best for this age group.
Thanks for a great giveaway!
I actually read my older boy who just started kindergarten on Monday of this week ‘The New Bear at School” book the night before his first day. He loved it!
And I love that they suggest the tip of snuggling with your child while reading as a tip! We are always cozy and snuggled at reading time….
we have really been into the movie charlotte’s web, i would love to get the book and read it to my older children.
one piece of advice I found comforting is that some toddlers are just squirmier than others. my two older children loved to sit and read books for hours…my third does not like to sit and listen, she will look at books by herself all day, but to sit and listen is not her favorite…according to the website i should create new ‘words’ to read and make it enjoyable at the end that we finished a book together! i will have to try that tomorrow, after she gets all her wiggles out (also a suggestion from the website) 😀
This tip really enlightened me: There is a difference between the pictures and the printed words. In addition, he realizes that the written words tell the story.
My 3 year old has recently taken to asking me, “Mommy, how do you read this?” as he’s still learning his ABCs, but I realize now he is learning that he somehow has to do something with the words (which he calls ‘names’ :D) as opposed to just the pictures.
He already knows a different language’s alphabet, and he’s working on English (which is harder with capital and lowercase letters), but I see he is on the right track. My husband and I both read before we were 4. We’re not pushing my son at all, but we see he has the same love for reading as we do.
As does my 1.5 year old who would read books all night if we let. I think he’d love The Noisy Egg. Looks like it’s just up his alley, and his older brother would be entertained to 🙂
My son would love the book My First Jumbo of Things that Go. I have always enjoyed reading Scholastic books to my kids and have not yet been introduced to this set of books.
One tip I learned that I think my kids would enjoy is making their own book by cutting out pictures from newspapers and magazines and then having them tell me the story that they made.
I would like the Peek A Zoo book for my 9 month old son! He loves animals and would love touching the different textures. I found the “Five Tips for Talking to Your Baby” article really helpful. It reminds you to listen to your baby and then add on to the small words that they say–which to me, is really important to remember. Thanks for the giveaway!!
I would like to read Good Night, Sleep Tight to my grandson.
I think this is a great bedtime story book.
The tips I like are try reading a simple story for only a few minutes and Make your own books.
I think I will try this.
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I appreciated the article about how to choose the best books for your child. I have found that my 17-month-old daughter and I both enjoy reading board books more than those with regular pages. She loves getting involved by turning the pages, and I don’t have to worry about her bending or tearing them.
I thnk my daughter would really enjoy “The Very Busy Spider” as she has with other Eric Carle books that we’ve read together.
I think the books w/ the finger puppets are so cute! I would love to read those to my daughter.
One tip for restless toddlers (of which I am mother to one) is to read stories to them about what interests them. I have found that to be true – my daughter loves animals and she loves the alphabet & therefore likes books that have those themes!
We’d love to read The Butterfly House by Eve Bunting. It looks wonderful.
I also saw a tip to use everyday squabbles between your children as a learning tool on getting along in relationships. It will benefit them as they grow up.
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the Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear looks good. I learned that it’s good to let them chose books that interest them and they are more apt to read them on their own.
My girls’ (twin 2 year-olds) would LOVE Five Shiny Stars, as they’re really into counting right now, and their obsessed with stars, too (their favorite song is Twinkle Twinkle).
The best advice I found on the site was the tip that suggested to make your own book! I will try this with my girls today, would probably make a great craft project!
“The Noisy Egg” because it looks like it features a duck in the story and for some odd resaon, my 1 1/2 yr old son is obsessed with ducks. I like the tip that even though toddlers get restless, don’t give up trying to read to them.
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I like letting children pick at least one of the books that will be read. My choice of books is The Pokey Little Puppy.
I snuggle with my daughter during reading time. The Crawly Caterpillar sounds like fun.
The Butterfly House
My son wants a dog so I think The Pokey Little Puppy would be good.
THIS IS GREAT! THE KIDS WOULD LOVE IT!
The pokey little puppy! I grew up with that being my favorite story and would love to share that with my 4 year old. Something about the page with the puppy and the strawberry is magical to me!
The Butterfly House because Eve Bunting is a great author.
I checked out Scholastic’s site and the first item was of huge interest to me: How to Read to a Restless Toddler! At 20 months, my son is just now showing interest in books, but he’s still not at a place where much reading is done. My husband and I are avid readers and can’t wait to share our love of books with him.
I loved what the site had to say about acknowledging his “high activity level” as a means to make him feel accepted and comfortable and engaging him with topics of great interest to him.
That being said, My First Jumbo Book of Things That Go would surely capture his attention. We’ve had the most success thus far with a book on construction equipment that has since started to deteriorate!
We have one Little Scholastic book about shapes that we’ve gotten a lot of enjoyment from. I’d like to read the “My Body” book to him as he’s very interested in body parts now!
Good Night, Sleep Tight. My advice is to let your child pick which book to read from. And keep the books as neat and organized as you can (wall-mounted bookshelves are fabulous for this).. so your child can learn to cherish and respect books.. and display them properly 🙂
I’d love to read Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear who just LOVES anything that s animals.. I love the fact that theymake personalized books! Thanks for the chance to win!
The book “Rules”
Great tip on working storytelling into everyday activities – Lipkin advocates storytelling in everyday situations, like during meals. Ask your kids, “If you were going to be an object on this dinner table, what would you be? Tell me about it.”
Peek a Zoo looks really cute!
I feel Knut: The Baby Polar Bear would appeal to my children. I learned you could make your own books using magazine pictures the children enjoy or could relate to; as well as photos of family members, friends, etc. I’d only considered buying books. But, it might be fun to be inventive too.
I would love to win these books for my grandchildren.
Peek-a-Zoo
Make your own books. You might want to try cutting pictures from old magazines to create your own story.
goodnight gorilla sounds fun to read.let kids look at and choose their own books.
I’d like to read Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear.
I’d like to read tiny tadpole and my advice is to pick books that you love too and you won’t get tired of reading them over and over. thanks, [email protected]
Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear
I’d like to read with my child the Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear! I’ve learned that teaching your children to love to read should start early!!
Crawly Caterpillar; use movement
Little Quack, sounds like fun cause my son is starting to count! I learned that one of the ways to raise a reader is to let your children pick the books they want to read.
would like to read Little Scholastic numbers to help with this learning…one tip about reading is to leave books in the house, so your child can access them whenever wherever..
we have books in the car too, books at grandma’s house, etc.
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I would choose the “Where the Wild Things Are” book because this was my husbands favorite book growing up, and It would be awesome for him and my son to share it together!
A tip I would tell other mothers to use is to pick a certain spot, “a special spot” in you home to read the books. In our case it helps keep our son focused, and he knows exactly what it means we get to do when were in this special spot! hehe 🙂
“The Crawly Caterpillar” My son is going through his bug phase…Thanks!
I love the Peek-a-Zoo.. reading together is so much fun 🙂
What a great giveaway! I would love to read The Crawly Caterpillar with my daughter, it looks like a great book. I loved the tips that they gave on reading to a restless toddler.
I’d like to read shapes with my son, anything with a car on it will keep his attention and I’d like to teach him shapes. My tip is that I leave board books in his room, and he will sit there and look through them, it’s too cute! thanks for he giveaway!
My daughter will sit and read with me for hours but my son is a wiggle worm! It’s great to learn that he is still listening no matter where he is running off to! Maybe he would sit still for Twinkle Twinkle Little Panda, though! Thanks!
I like the classic Where the Wild Things Are and Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed.
I would love the This Little Piggy: A Cartwheel Cloth Book for my little boy! I really enjoyed the tips that they gave about reading with a restless toddler.
The The Crawly Caterpillar looks like a fun book to read with my son, thanks!
like the looks of and also learned to read first thing in the morning when kids arent so hyper
I would like to read Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians with my 9yr old. This is a fantastic giveaway! Good Luck to everyone.
The Crawly Caterpillar! I am pregnant for the first time and would love to have these wonderful books made by the same group who my parents read to me! I am so excited and can not wait to have the baby on my lap and a good book in my hand! Thanks for the chance!!!
We are big fans of Scholastic for our older kids, I have never seen their baby and toddler books. My favorite tip is Bring on the books! I agree with them that for young ones, it doesn’t matter what you’re reading it’s the time you spend together with language. I’m sure Crawly Caterpillar would be a great first book from this series!
I would like to read David Goes to School with my son… I think he’d like it b/c he is a big fan of “no David!”- I found an interesting article about how anxiety actually helps kids learn! Who knew!
The Pokey Little Puppy has always been a favorite of mine!
Petting Zoo looks cute.
I learned that you should keep it short if your toddler is accustomed to sitting and looking at books.
I would love the peek-a-zoo book, that combines a lot of my daughter’s favorite things: animals, touch, and peekaboo all in one!
I had no idea that scholastic had so many articles and tips on reading and storytelling. Very cool reference!
I would like to read Twinkle Twinkle Panda Bear: A Hand Puppet Board Book top my baby. I learned that babies like high contrast for their developing eyes and this book would be perfect.
My daughter loves to read books, I would love to read her peek-a-boo
Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes sounds really cute. And I love how simply 3 Steps to Resolving Kid Conflicts lines out problem solving techniques.
I like the How to Build a Snowman book and what I learned is to stay close and add movement when reading to your child.
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I would like to read How to build a Snowman. If your child comments or points, let her talk in the middle of your book reading.
I like the Fly Away Home book.
I like the Dealing with Back-to-School Jitters post
I love The Secret Garden! A tip I learned for talking to your baby is to include movement and stay close.
The Book of Time By Guillaume Prevost would be great to read with my son. He loves adventures. You can never spend too much time reading with or to your children!
The crawly caterpillar looks super cute and colorful. My son would love it! For advice, I appreciated: When your child says a simple sentence, repeat it back with some added detail or words. So if he says “Mama give,” answer, “Mama will give the ball to baby.”
Kittens first full moon. They have games and activities on site for little children.
I’d like to read Twinkle, Twinkle Panda Bear. Using your imagination is a work of art
My daughter loves to read. Even at 4yrs old. She can read many common words. the, and, a, I etc… She would love a new set of stories.