I never would have believed I would be wearing a pair of "cheater" glasses as my family refers to the reading glasses you can pick up virtually anywhere from the dollar store to you local supermarket or drugstore.  After having cataract surgery and having my lenses replaced, I now have 20/20 vision in both eyes.  I used to be able to read the tiniest print without a prescrip...

I normally wear contact lenses, but because I have a stigmatism, I have to use reading glasses to see close up while wearing the contacts. I purchased my first pair of reading glasses from my eye doctor.  I paid over $80 for a pair of wire rimmed glasses that broke after only a year of use.  I decided to try the reading glasses I saw on display at the Dollar General sto...

This is a really cool reading program my son plays this nearly every day with no idea he is learning new things, I love it. It has all the classic Richard Scarry characters and lots of learning puzzles and games. It's called best reading but it covers a lot more than that. It covers reading skills,simple math and even reading maps to an extent. I really like how much he enjoys learning from...

This review is about a book called Reading with Rabbit.It is mainly designed for small children to help them learn different letters of the alphabet. There is spinner on the side of the book with a picture of a ladybug, a glass, turtle, cotton candy, butterfly, a fish, a ball, and a candy apple.The book is about a rabbit who goes to different events and you have to pick out the different things...

Reading Juice for Kids is a series of books created by THE LAB Education Research Center focusing on nonfiction readings in science and social studies.  Reading Juice for Kids 1 covers a variety of topics, from elephant families to making banana splits (a particular favorite!).  Each unit provides prelearning exercises covering the vocabulary that will be learned in the unit.  Th...

Your Baby Can Read is a five DVD set multi sensory reading approach developed by Dr. Titzer. The DVD set is a fun,entertaining and interactive way for your child/children/baby to learn words with recognition. The word flashes on the screen/ then activity is shown in the next screen: example,the word crawl then next scene a baby is crawling with the sentence spoken "the baby is crawling.&qu...

I purchased this toy for my son.  He was getting to the age that he wanted to play video games...but I wasn't ready to let him.  I purchashed this product as a happy medium.  He had quite a bit of fun playing with it...when he could.  It is a real pain to get it all set up and ready to play.  The system acts as a remote control for your DVD player so it has to be pr...

These are great measuring cups from Pampered Chef.  Each of the cups has a flared type rim which is for easy pouring and no dripping! The angled design on each cup is for easy reading and to make sure you are accurate in the amoun of liquid you need. It allows you to read the measurements from above rather than eye level. Eacy cup as standard and metric measurements as well as ounces and m...

Have you ever tried to measure something and can't figure out the little ticks between the bigger numbers? Now I am not trying to sound dumb-but to the person that doesn't exactly understand measurements, this is the measuring tape for you. This Olympia 25' measuring tape is the easiest tape measure to use. It goes all the way down to 1/8 measurements and lists them on the tape. It ...

Baby Read-Aloud Basics is a book that should be in library of every every new parent.  As a former first grade teacher I knew the importance of reading to infants and children and when my son was born I started reading to him from the very beginning.  However, I often felt silly reading to this tiny baby, who was usually half asleep as I read.  I found this book while perusing th...

Read or Die is an OVA (Original Video Animation, sort of like a movie split up into parts) of a manga (Japanese comic book) called, obviously, Read or Die. It is about a secret agent named Yomiko Readman and her adventures with the British Library, who asks her to retrieve a book stolen by a criminal organization bent on destroying humanity. Even if you have no previous experience with the mang...

I purchased this system during my daughter's 2nd year of preschool, and had great success with it.  This system really appeals to kids by offering games, CDs, books and flash cards to hold the child's interest.  It uses word families and then sight words to teach the child to read.  My daughter really looked forward to using the games and flash cards every day, and was re...

The Story Reader is a fun way for children to learn to love books and reading.  When the child opens the cover, there is an introduction to the story and an explination of the sound used when it is time to turn the page.  The sound seems to be different in every book.  The books are colorful, and illustrated with a childs favorite characters.  So far, we have Scooby Doo, the...

The Pre-K Edition of Hooked on Phonics is for kid's ages 3 to 4 and helps them in the first steps to learning to read. With this program we are able to help our 4-year-old grandson learn letter names and sounds to get him on the road to reading. Included in the boxed set are 2 interactive computer CD's, storybook, 3 workbooks with lessons and activities, dictionary, 2 sets of letter car...

I picked this book up for my son several years ago, but just recently started on a steady basis reading it with him. He went to a private (church) preschool last year, and they started teaching him about the Bible and he took an interest in this particular book. I feel that this is a perfect book for children to learn about the Bible. It is written in story mode and it is illustrated beautifull...

My dad lives on a farm and  he loves little weather devices. I had previously purchased a rain gauge at Lowe's Hardware Store for him. It had fairly large numbers, but the measurements were in some strange divisions (I don't remember exactly what, but it was not normal LOL). He wanted one that he could put out in the yard away from the house, but he wanted to be able to read it fro...

"You may not believe it, but here's how it happened..."Because a Little Bug went Ka-CHOO!  is my all-time favourite children's book.  In a very fun, rhyming way (very reminicent of Dr. Suess), this story follows the unfortunate and hilarious series of events that happen all because a little bug sneezed, causing a little seed to drop from a plant.  This book is f...

Arnold, Tedd. Hi! Fly Guy. Illustrated by the author. Scholastic, 2005. 30 pages. Tr. $3.99 ISBN 978-0439853118; PLB $12.35 ISBN 978-1417732708 The Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book winner for 2005, Tedd Arnold's Hi! Fly Guy, amuses early readers with humorous characters and colorful watercolor and pencil cartoon illustrations. Tedd Arnold's style emanates from the pages as he explores th...

I keep insisting that I’m going to get by for reading with glasses from the drugstore. So far, so good. I spend maybe $20 a year to keep myself in specs.  I’m really good at breaking them.Like just about everything else I have a terrible time finding reading glasses that fit me.  I have a very small head, but a very wide nose bridge (broken 3 times now, but not lately, tha...

My husband purchased these glasses when he knew he needed new ones. His old ones were no longer comfortable and old-fashioned, that’s why he wanted more modern ones. After looking at some options he had at the optician, he decided to buy these glasses from Giacoma Puccini Eyewear. These eyeglasses come in an elegant black box, and as always, they also gave the cloth for cleaning the lense...