Early Education Resources

Worthy Cause: Read-Aloud Volunteer Program

Read-Aloud Volunteer Program is a non-profit organization that fosters a love of learning in children through reading and story telling....

Children's Book Day

April 2nd is Children's Book Day! This special day is celebrated around the world to inspire a love a reading and call attention to the...

Worthy Cause: Book Harvest

Book Harvest is a non-profit organization whose mission is to “provide an abundance of books and ongoing literacy support to families...

Building a Young Child's Vocabulary

January 9th is National Word Nerd Day! As official 'word nerds' ourselves, we want to celebrate by talking about fun and interesting ways...

Fun and Educational Kids’ Activities for Thanksgiving Break

Thanksgiving is all about family, friends, and TURKEY! Keeping your little one busy while preparing food, entertaining company, and...

Worthy Causes: The Chispa Project

Platypus Media, and our sister company Science Naturally, are honored that our Bilingual Nurtured and Nuzzled Set and the Bilingual...

Resources for Educators and Parents: Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets is a national multimedia literacy initiative offering information and resources on how young kids learn to read, why so...

Celebrate Earth Sciences Week!

It's Earth Sciences Week! It can be difficult to think about how to teach science to young children, but science is based on curiosity,...

Resources for Educators and Parents: Share My Lesson

We at Platypus Media want to do what we can to support early childhood education and literacy efforts. As such, we thought it would be...

Ellie

Libraries and Librarians Supporting Nursing Families

Enjoy this excerpt from an Association of Library Service to Children blog about how important it is for librarians to actively support...

Dr. Frank J. Nice

Selecting Over-the-Counter Drugs as a Breastfeeding Mother: 5 Tips from a Pharmacist

Pharmacist Dr. Frank J. Nice helps parents choose nonprescription medications and health products that are safe to take while breastfeeding.

Sabrina Moorer

Worthy Cause: Family Connects Prince George’s

Being a new parent can be overwhelming in the best of circumstances. For moms without a solid support system, the transition to...

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