Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal Illustrator: Jane Dyer November brings many things home-baked; November also brings a time of reflection, a time for expressing gratitude and remembrances of all of the little moments throughout the year that mattered the most. November is also the perfect time to enjoy Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by Amy Krouse Rosenthal [...]

Authors: Ann & Paul Rand What’s the purpose of the alphabet? Why do we need to learn the sounds of the 26 arbitrary symbols we call letters, spanning from A to Z? Because there is more to it, right? Without this knowledge, we would not be able to effectively create words—then again, one might ask, [...]

It’s back to school time and with school comes books…and more books. Some of the best children’s books are basic ABC books—it’s incredible to see how creative an author and an illustrator can be with nothing more than 26 letters of the alphabet. This month, Pre K Scholars is featuring a classic ABC book that [...]

Author: Antoinette Portis Have the summer boredom blues set in yet? Well, what kid would pass up an opportunity to get creative? Get a hold of Not a Box by Antoinette Portis and let the creativity begin—Your child will be entertained from start to finish! Portis demonstrates how easily our imagination can be sparked. She [...]

Author: Amy Krouse Rosenthal How many moms have experienced a meal with a toddler that includes negotiating the number of bites they must eat of something before they can have dessert? In my family, my mother would coerce us to eat an unfavorable morsel on our plate by saying, “take a bite for your teacher?” [...]

Author: Margaret Wise Brown Anyone who has children should know author Margaret Wise Brown. Her ability to see the world through the eyes of a child is amazing! Her books are those books that are read over and over again until you and your child can recite it from memory without even needing to look [...]

Author: Melanie Walsh Everyone seems to be Earth-conscious these days, and it has become en vogue to be “green.” I recently saw a t-shirt that said, “Love your Mother.” On it was a picture of Earth, implying not your birth mother, but something larger—Mother Earth. I found this to be particularly profound. In honor of [...]

Author: Lisa Desimini “April showers bring May flowers.” Is that how the saying goes? For April, and as we have entered spring and the cycles of rebirth this brings, Pre K Scholars would like to direct your attention to the fabulous children’s book, My House, written and illustrated by Lisa Desimini. Lisa has creatively depicted [...]

Authors: Krystina Castelle and Brian Boyl Pre K Scholars firmly believes that we all need to take advantage of the teaching opportunities that surround us. We also believe that learning is an active process that can be fun and exciting! Discovering Nature’s Alphabet is a very creative depiction of the alphabet. Krystina Castella and Brian [...]

Author: Sara Mida The author’s creative approach to the alphabet grabs readers’ attention and engages them in experiencing the alphabet page by page. It accommodates the interactive learning process that is at the very heart of child-centered learning. This book comes with 11 foam pieces each with its own bag for safe keeping. These tools [...]