MyBookClubForKids

 It’s been...what? Six months? Since schools have been closed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, which is gradually fading out even though life in general has been drastically altered. Here in Nigeria, schools have gradually begun to reopen beginning with the final examination classes in both the grade and high schools. Nevertheless, there are kids still at home awaiting their own turn to return to school.  And so therefore, there is still little time and room for the kids to keep reading till they resume classes fully. We shouldn’t also forget that September has been declared Literacy month by The United Nations Education Scientific &Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). For our bookclub for kids, I have picked two books off the Goodreads shelves. You can log on to: www. goodreads.com to get your copies. These are: Three Keys By Kelly Yang for your tweens and teens. Skunk And Badger By Amy Timberlake & illustrated by Jon Klassen for Toddlers.  Parents and guardians ...

For the #Children’s Day celebrations, I recommended two books titled: The One And Only Bob by Katherine Applegate and Camp Murderface by Josh Berk & Saundra Mitchell, and these books are available on goodreads.com. I believe we had a great time reading to our kids and allowing our middle graders and teenagers engage in leisure but wholesome reading to help the continued process of mental and cognitive growth and development. Par adventure, we haven’t introduced our kids to this reading challenge yet, it’s never too late. This online book club for kids has been designed to allow you and your kids read at your pace and convenience. You can still log onto www.goodreads.com to get the recommended books.  We will still read and discuss these books for this month of July. Please feel free to drop your comments and suggestions below. Your suggestions are welcome to help improve this online book club experience for you and your kids. You can also share this with other parents...

Today is Children’s day! And to celebrate children all over the world, I have picked some books for their reading delight this season. Amidst the lockdown brought on by the Covid-19 virus worldwide, children have been made to stay at home compulsorily and in some countries schools have been shut down since the beginning of 2020. It’s been challenging for the kids especially toddlers, juveniles and tweenies. Teens aren’t left out even though they are trying to act all grown up in the midst of this global crisis. I work with kids of all age categories from year 1-6, and year 7-12, and so I believe I have an inkling to what children may be going through right now. Toddlers and juveniles have a lot of energy and can’t seem to keep still. They must run around and when they are restricted then that might constitute a problem. Except of course all that energy is channeled into useful and productive activities such as reading, writing and other mental activities that can help engage their mi...

The purpose of the book club for kids is to ensure that the reading culture is cultivated and imbibed  in kids and teens of all ages. This will help to stimulate their thought processes and also their mental, intellectual, and creative abilities. Also expanding their mental, creative and cultural caacity by the genre of books they will be reading. A particular book is picked for the week. Children who are members of the book club will read and meet to discuss  the story while they learn a thing or two from the book. The approach is to keep the kids actively engaged during this #Covid-19 virus pandemic lockdown and also beyond this season. So watch out for the #books we would be suggesting for reading for your kids. If they are toddlers you will have to read to them as parents or guardians. Tweenies and teens can read by themselves and also  organise themselves into  light groups while doing the -#social distancing thing. Your suggestions and comments are also v...