Want to have even more fun while reading with your child?  Check out these great sing along books for Toddlers! 

Great Sing Along Books for Toddlers!

Reading to toddlers sets the foundation for later independent reading. But before they can read independently, they need emergent literacy skills. These include:

• having a large vocabulary of words and knowing how to use them
• understanding that words are made up of smaller sounds understanding that marks on a page represent letters and words
• knowing the letters of the alphabet

If you’re tired of carrying around a key ring and/or wallet with a ton of loyalty and reward cards, this app is for you. You can scan and save all of your current loyalty and reward cards on your phone, and join new programs in seconds without the paperwork. You also receive exclusive coupons from top retailers and have the ability to digitally save grocery coupons. The best part? This is a free app with no advertisements!

 First Grade Learning Games by Kevin Bradford

Spotify gives you access to millions of songs for free! You can also listen to the radio or pay to use Spotify Premium, which will let you make multiple playlists and listen to them anytime with no mobile or Internet connection. Try the premium version for free for 48 hours by downloading the app and signing in with your Facebook account.

 Look for a new app of the week every Friday!

Translator with Speech

Translate any text into 54 languages and you can hear the translation.   It also stores your translations in its database and will allow you to prepare a set of translations in advance so that you don’t have to be connected to the internet later.  This app is FREE and would be great for when you travel.

Honorable Mention app of the week:

iTranslate

This free app translates words, phrases and text into over 50 languages.  You have to type in what you want translated, but once it is translated you can listen to the translation.  You can also send the translated text via Email, post it on Twitter, or save it to your favorite list.   You can purchase the voice translation for $2.99.

It’s almost August!  For some, by this point, summer has sort of lost its thrill. 

Regain those feelings of summer vacation excitement and beat back boredom by trying out these awesome crafts!

Seashell Craft

Tie-Dyed T-shirts

Make Your Own Sand Cast Bass

Nature Window Decoration