Gifts for Girls – Books Ages 3-5

Gifts for Girls – Books Ages 3-5

This is a great start to a library for encouraging young girls to be strong and proud.

If you are looking for a gift for your grandchild what better option than a book that can transform their thoughts and give them strength?  These are a few of my special selections for the littlest one on my list.  What are some of your favorites? Please submit your ideas for books so that we can begin to build a list for all girls.

Checklist for Girls Books

If you are ever looking for a good list of books, toys or movies for Girls this website A Mighty Girl is a great resource.

Digital Children's Books

Digital Children's Books

Digital Children’s Books – are They replacing the ones we read?

Well fortunately, some of the great classics are becoming digital and so children will still read the classics but just so you stay relevant this holiday, take a look at some of the favorite gifts of this year!

The Ultimate Guide to Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryThe Ultimate Guide to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Valarie Budayr & Roscoe Welply
$7.99

Level: Grades 1 and Above
Available on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

This book written by my friend Valerie is the second in a series and really a great gift.

Literary Classic “Goodnight Moon” Comes To The iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch – 

Goodnight Moon

Goodnight Moon (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

New York TimesLiterary Classic “Goodnight Moon” Comes To The iPhone, iPad, and iPod TouchSacramento Bee8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Loud Crow Interactive, award-winning publisher of digital children’s books, in partnership with HarperCollins Publishers, a …

Written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd, Goodnight Moon is one of the best-selling children’s storybooks of all time. More than 60 million copies of the book have been sold since it was first published in 1947.

Parents Primed to Buy Devices and Ebooks for Their Kids This Holiday Season … – Digital Book World

Parents Primed to Buy Devices and Ebooks for Their Kids This Holiday Season …Digital Book WorldNearly 40% of parents with children aged 2-to-13 who read ebooks plan to purchase a new e-reading device for their children this holiday season, according to the study from New York-based children’s research firm PlayScience and Digital Book World.

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Digital Safety for Children and Adults Alike

Digital Safety for Children and Adults Alike

The Last Post on Digital Safety for Children just opened the door for us to investigate further.  Apparently there is a lot of concern and action being taken around this issues. And the concern is not just for our children. We are all vulnerable as more and more of our information is digitized and aggregated. How safe are you?

Everloop.com and McAfee Join Forces to Train Children in Digital Safety and … – DailyFinance

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Everloop.com and McAfee Join Forces to Train Children in Digital Safety and …DailyFinanceThe McAfee Cares – Online Safety for Kids school initiative employs volunteers to help train school-age children on ways to stay safe and secure, as well as ma …

Lifehacker – How Secure Are You Online – The Checklist

http://lifehacker.com/Oct 2

Use VPN services to secure everything you do: VPN services are a great way to create secure connections across the internet. Once your internet data is secure it’s time to secure your data on your home computer.

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Keeping Kids safe of Social Sites

Keeping Kids safe of Social Sites

Safety online  is so important and something that grandparents are concerned about.  There are so very many phisihng scams, bullys, identity thiefs etc that it is hard to know what is legitimate and what is not and how much freedom should our kids have online.

Some of  the worst experiences on social sites arise when kids are being mean to each other, posting unwanted photos, and/or revealing secrets about others. Let’s face it, children don’t understand the consequences of “innocent” actions they may take.  This is a good post by my friend Laura Rubenstein who shares some  steps to take to keep your kids safe.  http://www.socialbuzzclub.com/451/kids-safe-on-facebook

Another good article to research is found here:

How To Keep Your Kids Safe On Facebook – AllFacebook

In the age of social networks, it becomes more and more common for parents to monitor their children’s social network profile — in the future, it’ll be part of their parental duty of supervi …

Finally, this is a great video about some of the ‘kid friendly’ social sites that your kids or grandkids may be visiting.


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