Chandra vanEijnsbergen, Author at The Source

Nest Bookshelf: Read Aloud Factor

The Read Aloud Factor: How to create the habit that boosts your baby’s brain

by Chandra vanEijnsbergen February 14, 2024August 11, 2025

With over 20 years of experience as an educator and author, Dr. Rekha S. Rajan provides a readily understandable view of early literacy and brain development and ways parents can help their children acquire language and social emotional skills from birth right through to school age by reading aloud to the children in their life. […]

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Nest Bookshelf: Essental Labor

Essential Labor: Mothering as social change

by Chandra vanEijnsbergen February 14, 2024August 11, 2025

Part memoir, part meditation on motherhood, Angela Garbes’ book “Essential Labor” arose during the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing to light the essential and often unseen work of caregiving. Garbes describes the labor of raising children as “the most essential work humans do.” Given that truth, why is caregiving so overlooked and undervalued? “Essential Labor” delves into […]

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Back in Business

Deschutes Public Library reopens and has oh, so much to offer

by Chandra vanEijnsbergen November 16, 2020August 11, 2025

The last few months have been rough on families for a variety of reasons. One of which was the library closure. Good news! Not only is the library open now for families to browse, check out books and use computers, but there are a wide range of resources anyone can access from the comfort of […]

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