Stop the Homework Wars

There are actually 3 Roadblocks to Learning Reading. Whether your child has dyslexia, has an identified learning disability, is falling through the cracks at school or is even gifted… understanding what is interfering with their learning reading skills makes the difference in reading success or reading failure. 1. Learning Reading: Phonics Related Problem This is [...]

School is just around the corner and as a parent I know you want to help their kids improve their skills. That is a given as far as I’m concerned. I’ve never met a parent that didn’t want their child to learn with ease. All parents want the best for their children and when learning [...]

For those of you that missed last Wednesday night’s call … I wanted to pass this along as soon as I could. Here is the link where you can go to listen to the Mid-Summer Activities to Improve Your Child’s Learning Skills Teleseminar. You will want to listen over the next 3 days as it [...]

I have had such an overwhelming response from last night’s call; I am truly humbled. “We’ve already done some of the exercises you told us about. My kids thought they were fun! I just wish we had found you before we had spent thousands of dollars.” Kathy G “I like that I can use this for all of [...]

Do your kids have sloppy handwriting? It might be due to them simply not knowing how to hold their pen or pencil correctly. When you hold your pencil correctly, writing does become easier. I never imagined all the different ways kids could and do hold their pencils until I started seeing how they actually held [...]

“FACT – Many Parents Are Giving Their Children A 2 To 4 Year Learning Advantage In Reading, Writing, And Math In Just 20 Minutes A Day!” Do NOT even think of usttering another word about homework struggles with your child until you know how to help them speed up their learning in just minutes a day. [...]

Do your kids get assignments where they have to write a poem? Do they struggle with those assignments? Poetry is not always about rhyming words. Even though there are many different types of poems, poetry writing is not always the easiest thing to do, especially when you have LD, dyslexia, or ADHD. Even gifted kids can struggle with poetry writing. It [...]

I can’t believe spring is around the corner, which means that SAT Test time is coming up fast. Many students really struggle with the grammar portion of the exam because they don’t catch the tricks the SAT test tries to play on them. Many of you already know that I created The Sentence Zone sentence writing [...]

Yes, it is a good morning, in fact a glorious morning, the birds are chirping, the sun is shining – somewhere – and we are here, alive and kicking! Many of us spend a lot of time chasing after the big things, the vacations, the I’ll be happy when I have this or that – [...]

For years I’ve been suggesting the 10-minute per grade rule that the Parent Teachers Association and the National Education Association recommends. Some teachers are aware of this rule; some aren’t. When your child is spending an inordinate amount of time on homework on a daily basis – over the 10-minute per grade level, it is [...]