Guest Post from Marisela Martinez A group of University of Houston students formed Amaanah Refugee Services over 10 years ago and we at Amaanah are now celebrating our 10-year anniversary as a non-profit this year. We are a post-resettlement service who focus on single-mothers and children through two different programs. The Transformed Program accepts about 30...
When Author Andrea Scott’s Sponsor Intake Form crossed my desk, it contained a story that I knew needed to be told.
Her company, Smile Big Dream Bigger, started off as a bilingual book to encourage people to smile big with their hearts and to dream big. It has formed in to a tutoring service for all age groups that helps people to learn different languages and excel in school, and it encourages them to make their dreams a reality.
So What is the Green Kids Club?
Green Kids Club is designed to teach young children the importance of environmental stewardship through picture books. The series was developed to teach children the importance of protecting habitats, to sustain ecosystems, animal and ultimately human life. Difficult environmental issues such as poaching, habitat, encroachment, etc. are part of our stories.
Proficiency in a second language has many advantages: access to millions more people around the world; career opportunities; cognitive benefits; appreciation and enjoyment of cultural diversity; greater mastery of English. For your middle/teen-age child, language learning can help to develop those much needed social skills: openness to others, tolerance of differences, expression of opinions, and compassion. It...
The Importance of Book Reviews By PJ LaRue When I searched the phrase "the importance of book reviews," several pages of blog posts were at my disposal. But here’s the catch, in most cases, the only people reading posts about the importance of book reviews are likely to be authors. It is not a subject that...