National Geographic Little Kids
February 28, 2007 by Kerri Aldrich
Filed under Children's Books, Educational Stuff, General Play Library Goodies
I mentioned last week that my daughter started receiving the National Geographic Kids Magazine and loves it. Well, this week we finally located the magazine that my 3 year old son started receiving. We thought it’d made it to the house, but couldn’t locate it. We found it today, on his bookshelf. Who would’ve thought to look there? 
So, I got my first look at the new National Geographic for Little Kids, and I am impressed! This one’s designed for the 3-6 year old set, and I think they did a fantastic job of meeting the interests of younger kids.
As with all National Geographic publications, the photos are superb and very fun to look at. The wording is big and looks much like my kids’ favorite board books. There are also lots of “I Spy” type pages, which my son loves. We really are enjoying this new magazine! And, again, it’s a gift of mail which I think all kids love! They even have a National Geographic Little Kids website. Have you visited there before?
I found out about you over at BlogJolt and I am glad I did! This blog is great and with me having a new baby( 6 months old) I need this info!!!
You may be interested in my website.
I have been a high school teacher and a stay at home Dad. As a teacher I observed how many students were terrible readers, and when I went looking for books for my two daughters I found few that were really captivating for them. I concluded that the problem of teen non-readers is not simply too little reading in their childhood, but that the books were not captivating or positive enough. I realized there was an opportunity to help parents, and perhaps change my career.
You might be interested in my struggling new web site: http://www.valuedminds.com. It is designed to help parents find the best new or old children’s books quickly. Over time I want the site will bring attention to really worthwhile older books, and maybe even bring some back into print (even if ValuedMinds Inc. has to set that up).
With a few helpers, I review and rank children’s books for Story quality, writers Craft, and how they introduce young readers to Ideas about morality, sense of life, mankind and the world. I spent many weeks working out the ranking system, so that it could be consistently applied to books in both Fiction and Discovery (a.k.a. non-Fiction I dislike categorizing things by negatives).
The About Us, Literary Approach and Articles explain the above in greater detail.
I think parents will find my reviews, especially of some titles, to be extraordinarily penetrating compared to anything on the Internet (or elsewhere for that matter). I have tried to include as many top titles as I could obtain, so you might be able to find a review of one you know… perhaps Shel Silverstein’s _The Giving Tree_.* If you have a title that you think fits the standards of the site, please e-mail us in the manner suggested on the Contact Us page.
Of course, any way I can get parents to visit and consider my site is a value. I am hoping you will take a serious look, include a ValuedMinds link on your site, and perhaps even blog about it.
*type “giving tree” into the search line, choose “Title” from the drop down box and click “Search”.
Something went funny with a text Move I did. It only partly happened, but did not realize what had somehow been left behind. Sorry.
Jennifer: So glad you’re enjoying it here and finding it useful! Catch Christina’s post for more info on the b5 blogs for moms.
http://www.insidemotherhood.com/2007/02/24/some-resources-for-mothers/
Richard: Thanks for commenting. I jumped over and just had a minute to glance at your site. It is an interesting idea as a resource for parents! Thanks for sharing it here.
Your blog has some real nice info. I agree with you on the value of National Geographic for Kids. We used it when my children were small. I’ll have to check out thier website and send my Grandchildren to it.
Sharon: Thanks.
So glad you visited over here!