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How to Practise Phonics With Kids at Home

If you’re the parent of a beginning reader, chances are you’re hearing a lot about phonics. Here’s what you need to know about how your child will learn phonics —…

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Scholastic Parents • April 24, 2024 TopicsApril Book Clubs Book Fairs families phonics reading

Stories for Siblings

It’s Siblings Day! Honour your special sibling bond and spend quality time with your sibling by reading a new book! Check out our sibling-themed picks to enjoy with your brothers…

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Scholastic Book Clubs • April 10, 2024 TopicsApril Book Clubs Book Fairs books families reading siblings Spring

How to Use Reading Time to Bond with Your Child

Trying to find the time to bond with your child can be challenging, especially with competing schedules. Quality time should be more than a few minutes together, and time that…

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Scholastic Book Clubs • March 18, 2024 TopicsBook Clubs Book Fairs families March parents reading

Ramadan for Young Readers

Explore culture and diversity with children, and learn about the tradition of Ramadan! Introduce your young ones to new celebrations with easy-to-read and heartwarming stories. What is Ramadan? On the…

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Scholastic Book Clubs • March 11, 2024 TopicsBook Clubs Book Fairs books Eid al-fitr families March Ramadan

Things To Do This March Break

March Break is days away, and it’s time to start thinking about some suggestions of things your kids can do during their time at home. Help kids make the most…

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Scholastic Book Clubs • February 29, 2024 TopicsBook Clubs Book Fairs families March March Break Spring Break

How to Use What You Already Have at Home to Advance Key Early Learning Skills

Mastering literacy and language skills doesn’t have to break the bank. Whether you’re on a budget or pressed for time, you still play a critical role in helping your child…

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Scholastic Parents Staff • February 23, 2024 TopicsBook Clubs Book Fairs early learning families February parents

Everything You Need to Know About the New Dog Man Book

Dog Man fans across the country can’t wait to get their paws on the new book from best-selling author and illustrator Dav Pilkey! Dog Man #12: The Scarlet Shedder follows…

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Scholastic Parents Staff • February 16, 2024 TopicsBook Clubs Book Fairs books Dav Pilkey Dog Man families

Books to Read for Family Day

Bring the family together and support a life-long love of reading! This Family Day, help build fluency, sharpen comprehension and expand vocabularies by reading aloud to and with your kids….

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Scholastic Book Clubs • February 12, 2024 TopicsBook Clubs families family Family Day February teachers

The Book List: Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year marks the arrival of Spring and a time to honour our ancestors. Teaching the importance and celebration of family and familial roots is what makes cultural holidays…

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Scholastic Book Clubs • February 8, 2024 TopicsBook Clubs families February Lunar New Year teachers

Scholastic Announces Storyvoice Spring Schedule of Live, Interactive Read-Aloud Events

Today, Scholastic announced the full spring schedule of programming from Storyvoice, the Company’s digital home of live read alouds. A free, online destination hosting weekly interactive events with award-winning authors…

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Priyanka Godbole • February 7, 2024 TopicsBook Clubs families February Storyvoice teachers World Read Aloud Day

The Book List: Valentine’s Day

Spread the Bookjoy love this Valentine’s Day with some of our newest picks! Featuring kid-favourite characters and heartfelt stories, what better way to spend time with your little ones than…

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Scholastic Book Clubs • February 2, 2024 TopicsBook Clubs families February teachers Valentine's Day

Share Black Stories

This February, we are excited to celebrate Black voices with books that centres around Black lives, Black joy, and Black stories that are sure to resonate far beyond a single…

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Scholastic Book Clubs • February 1, 2024 TopicsBlack History Month Black voices Book Clubs families February Share Black Stories teachers

Why You Should Start Reading Chapter Books to Your Kids

Plus, when to do it and how to make it a seamless transition. You might be eager to make the leap from picture books to chapter books during story time…

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Scholastic Parents Staff • January 12, 2024 TopicsBook Clubs Book Fairs chapter books families

4 Holiday Reading Traditions

Try these fun ways to incorporate literacy into the magic and anticipation of the holidays with your child. The holiday season is one of the best times of the year!…

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Scholastic Parents Staff • November 20, 2023 TopicsBook Clubs Book Fairs families holidays November reading

Establish a Magical and Budget-Friendly Holiday Reading Routine

These heartwarming read-aloud stories will delight your young reader! Amidst all the concerts, entertaining, and gift giving that the holidays can bring, most of the time, it’s nice to skip…

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Scholastic Parents Staff • November 6, 2023 TopicsBook Clubs Book Fairs families holidays November reading