Educational and Still Fun After Countless Iterations: "Ten Apples Up On Top" 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎 🍎
"Ten Apples Up On Top" is one of my favourite educational books for babies and toddlers.
Books
It’s pretty clear that reading to your kids is important. Unfortunately some of the books that end up hanging around are, let’s say, a little “subpar” - especially by the time you read them 16 or, heaven forbid, 383 times. Every book you read your kids is One Grain to add to their Knowledge so why not choose bed time stories that are educational AND half decent!
Encouraging nerdy discussions with "Have Space Suit - Will Travel" 📖
For the last couple months, I've been reading a really awesome novel to my 8.2 and 9.6 year olds called "Have Space Suit - Will Travel" by Robert Heinlein. We recently finished the book and I wanted to share a few thoughts on educating your kids by reading to them.
Today reading "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" Chapter 16
Also see the post about Chapter 13 [/20-000-leagues-13/] for the first post in this series. This evening as we started chapter 16 of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", my oldest son mentioned how "super cool" dive tanks would be because if you were weighted down you could still walk
Today reading "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" Chapter 13
Wow, it never ceases to amaze me how many excellent conversations this book initiates. As you're reading, make sure not to be too rushed. Let your kids ask their questions, and look up the answers (even if you know them yourself). If you load the Wikipedia page, for example, even
Why "One Grain of Rice" is so awesome
This book (One Grain of Rice: A Mathematical Folktale) has to be one of the best ways to teach your kids (and yourself) about exponential growth. Why is it so important to learn about exponential growth? So many processes are governed by exponentials including interest income and debt, information technologies,
A question from my 3-year-old about going to the moon
I borrowed the book On the Moon from the library years ago and really enjoyed it! I often forget that if I last read a book 1-2 years ago, my younger kids likely don't remember it all. Perhaps they weren't even born when I last read it. That's one of
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