Alright, I’m not going to lie: this one had me in tears. If you’re searching for a children’s book that addresses the hybridity of identity, the struggles of immigration, and the familial love that knows no boundaries, look no further than Areli Is a Dreamer, a true story by Areli Morales. From the protagonist’s childhood
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After a discussion with clinical psychologist Carolyn Cavanaugh, we would like to offer you these six tricks for helping your kids learn. MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD’S NEEDS ARE MET We know… this may sound silly and you’re thinking duh! But this is so much more important than you think. Making sure their needs are met
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For many of us, getting a child excited about learning isn’t always easy. This customizable reading chart is a great way to make reading time more fun and engaging for you and your little reader. Below we have outlined some simple ideas to creating a fun and easy reading chart to help your child look
Read moreReview: Lucas at the Paralympics by Igor Plohl
Run faster. Jump higher. Swim farther. Cycle, surf, punch, shoot, ride, row. For millennia, humans have been training to go above and beyond their bodies’ limits. Overcoming obstacles is basically a requirement in the age-old Olympic tradition. Paralympic athletes are no stranger to overcoming obstacles—since the first Paralympics in Italy, 1960, thousands of people with
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As adults, we have loved and lost and learned to smile again. But for a child, a loved one’s passing is much more difficult to imagine, let alone to process. How do we approach heavy topics like mortality, sickness, and death with our little ones? What should we say to a kid who lost a
Read moreObserving Canada Day 2021 Differently
215. 751. As more and more unmarked graves are being recovered, the true horror of Canada’s residential schools is entering the collective consciousness. Of course, Indigenous communities across Turtle Island are not surprised by these numbers—they have lived through the tragedy of these missing children for generations. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission states that between
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