Month: July 2015

Between The Lines: Why we should be encouraging everyone to read for pleasure

Some children need a good example to follow when it comes to reading.       Over the summer, every student, administrator and teacher at my son’s high school will read Boy, Snow, Bird by Helen Oyeyemi. Carefully selected, I suspect, for the themes of race and identity, this book should ignite conversations and spark… Continue reading Between The Lines: Why we should be encouraging everyone to read for pleasure

Nov, 2015: Workshops by Julie Fowlkes

  First Teachers™ Training You Are Your Child’s First Teacher Learn how to nurture a life long love of reading to set them on a path to success [Suitable for parents of children aged 0-6 years] Literacy development begins long before your child starts primary school. As your child’s first teacher, you can enhance cognitive… Continue reading Nov, 2015: Workshops by Julie Fowlkes

Nov, 2015: Author Visit: Meet Jon Klassen – Author Talk & Book Signing

  Jon Klassen, award-winning author and illustrator of best-selling picture books including I Want My Hat Back and This Is Not My Hat, shares the stories behind his stories, does a live drawing demonstration, and inspires children to tap into their own creativity.   We are thrilled to share with you this unique opportunity to… Continue reading Nov, 2015: Author Visit: Meet Jon Klassen – Author Talk & Book Signing

Between The Lines: Seeing is believing: encouraging your kids to read won’t work if you don’t

Some parents think reading is for the elite or that their own tastes in reading lack sophistication, but children who see parents enjoying reading are likelier to develop good reading habits     Visitors at last year’s Hong Kong Book Fair. Photo: Sam Tsang     It is well known that while our children don’t… Continue reading Between The Lines: Seeing is believing: encouraging your kids to read won’t work if you don’t

Between The Lines: Two books that teach children how to help others

Every one of us starts life as an egocentric baby, concerned only with having our own needs fulfilled. Somewhere along the road to adulthood, we all become less self-centred, to varying degrees. Some children are so protected from growing pains that they never let go of their self-centredness. Others grow up in an environment that… Continue reading Between The Lines: Two books that teach children how to help others