Not Your Parents’ Money Book by Jean Chatzky Now that it is holiday season it’s the perfect time to teach kids about giving and money management. Most books about teaching kids about money are written for adults. But, Jean Chatzky wrote Not Your Parents’ Money Book: Making, Saving, and Spending Your Own Moneyfor children. […]
Children’s Books in the Spirit of Thanksgiving
November 19, 2011 1 Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library In the spirit of Thanksgiving (coming up on Thursday) I borrowed some books from the library about thankfulness and the many blessings we have, rather than specifically about the holiday of Thanksgiving. I think these are great choices for children to share the spirit of Thanksgiving. Of course if you […]
One-Third of Girls and One in Six Boys Will Be Molested
November 12, 2011 3 Comments
My Body Belongs to Me by Jill Starishevsky Over the past week there has been tons of media coverage about sexual harassment and sexual assault. Plus, a new survey and a report shows half to 80% of middle school and high school students feel they have been sexually harassed. That’s why for this Weekly Trip to the Library […]
More Classics to Read Aloud to Your Children
November 5, 2011 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the LibraryBy Maria Lopez, Nanny, Miami FL When the editor of this blog and Be the Best Nanny Newsletter told me that the Autumn 2011 Be the Best Nanny Newsletter will discuss the importance of reading aloud to children I knew I had to share a book my mom read to me. […]
Halloween Children’s Books
October 29, 2011 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library for Nannies and Au Pairs Here are some children’s books to share about Halloween with children. Click here to see our recipe for candied apples. Click here for our ghost cookie recipe and our meatball bug recipe for Halloween. Click here to see how to make some Halloween decorations. The […]
What’s Good for the Goose: Rhyme Schemes
October 22, 2011 2 Comments
Mother Goose Books By Esme Raji Codell, Author of How to Get Your Child to Love Reading Every Gosling deserves a good collection of Mother Goose in their nest. Some folks like classic editions they remember for their own childhood such as The Real Mother Goose illustrated by Blanche Fisher Wright. But to me, the […]
Rock-a-Bye Reader
October 17, 2011 Leave a Comment
How to Read to BabiesBy Esme Raji Codell, Author of How to Get Your Child to Love Reading We have been reviewing products marketed to teach babies to read and debated about whether babies can learn to read. We all agree it’s important to help teach kids to books by reading to them aloud from […]
Do You Make Time to Read to Kids Each Day?
October 15, 2011 3 Comments
Benefits of Reading to Children: The Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease One of my favorite experiences working as a nanny is seeing my little 20-month old charge walk proudly out of the library carrying a book she has borrowed for the week. She is so cute carrying her book out of the library, with her chest puffed […]
Cooking is Cool in the Fall
October 8, 2011 2 Comments
Weekly Trip to the Library for Nannies and Au Pairs In Cooking is Cool in the Fall by Cindy Sardo, Mrs. Sheff is a magical teacher who loves to cook with her beloved students each day! She makes a unique collection of books, designed to teach children that cooking is cool! Begin a journey with […]
Goose’s Story by Cari Best
October 1, 2011 Leave a Comment
Weekly Trip to the Library for Nannies and Au Pairs This past week we encouraged you to teach children what Autumn looks like, feels like, tastes like, smells like, and sounds like. A common sign of Autumn is the sound of geese honking as they migrate south for the winter. In Goose’s Story, by Cari Best, Canadian geese […]
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