6 Amazing Benefits of Reading Aloud to Children

6 Amazing Benefits of Reading Aloud to Children, Backed by Science

The benefits of reading aloud to children have been proven at home and when preparing for school. Beyond that, it helps develop language and literacy skills overall. Children need so much to grow into healthy adults. And this doesn’t only mean nutrition and safety. Cognitive health and social skills are a large part of your child’s development, along with mental and emotional stability.…

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Book Readers Are the Best People to Fall in Love

Book Readers Are the Best People to Fall in Love with, According To Science

Book readers, sadly are a dying breed. They are slowly being replaced with online tabloid websites. Book readers will usually fall into two categories, the skim reader, and the deep reader. The “deep reader”, is someone who can be described as actually finishing a book, from cover to cover. They absorb the whole story and cherish the time spent with the characters, these…

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Hobbies and Habits Make You Smarter

5 Hobbies and Habits That Will Make You Smarter

Do you want to be smarter? Then begin to adopt these hobbies and habits! Smarts don't grow on trees and to get a bit of extra oomph when it comes to your cognitive abilities, it is important to work on them on an everyday basis. Now, I’m not saying that you can drastically increase your level of intelligence even if you work on…

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How to Build a Bookcase

How to Build a Cool DIY Bookcase Out of Upcycled Materials

A DIY bookcase can immediately make a room better. It exudes a sense of visual familiarity and comfort, in addition to providing more storage space. However, bookcases can cost hundreds of dollars or more. Meanwhile, discount bookcases at stores like IKEA are often generic-looking, easily broken, difficult to put together, or a combination of all three. The attractive alternative? Make your own DIY…

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christmas books

5 Must-Read Christmas Books That Will Make You a Better Person

Almost everybody who celebrates this holiday has their favorite Christmas books. This could be a book that was read each during Advent as a family tradition. It could be a book that was pure fun to read as a child. It may even be a book that inspired them or strengthened their faith during a difficult time. Whatever the case may be, books…

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Things You Can Do Instead Of Spending Money

25 Things You Can Do Instead Of Spending Money

Since the cost of living is growing and money is becoming harder to save, we are all in need of some free (and cheap) things to do to keep us entertained whilst tightening the purse strings and avoiding spending money. Even simple activities like a night at the movies or a meal out with the family are becoming too costly for many and…

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7 books that changed my life.

7 Books That Changed My Life

“The man who doesn’t read books has no advantage over the man who can’t read them” – Mark Twain Hey! What’s up? My name is Simon! I used to be a huge video game nerd (I used to play more than 6 hours a day on average!) Yeah, I know… it was that bad. It’s not something I’m particularly proud of, but I’ve…

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