Stop the Homework Wars

As a parent you have a unique opportunity during the summer to have fun with your children and at the same time bring up thier reading skills. As a parents you have the ability to nurture and expose your children to rich experiences will help to improve their reading comprehension. The more memories your children have [...]

You can help your kids improve their reading comprehension by doing activities that help them to become more observant. Here are two quick activities you can do in your own back yard or while you are out at a park. 1. Finding Sounds     Do this activity in your yard or out in nature. In fact, [...]

  Wanted to share some of my favorite games with you since summer time is a perfect time to play games with the family. The first three games will also build critical learning skills for your kids while they are having fun. 1.  The Sentence Zone: Learn English Grammar while having fun. (age 6 – [...]

I Can Hardly Believe It? Check it out… The call is filling up fast – Reserve your spot now. I have had so many calls from parents recently, wondering how to help their child over the summer. They realize summer is a great time to give their child a boost, but they also want to [...]

Primary grades K-3: Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day – by Judith Viorst Amazing Grace – by Mary Hoffman Ameila Bedelia – by Peggy Parish Are You My Mother? – by Philip Eastman The Art Lesson – by Tomie De Poala Beezus and Ramona – by Beverly Cleary The Big Dipper – [...]

Sometimes when our kids are doing their homework they forget what they have read. Sometimes when our kids are first learning to read they sound out a word and then later on the same page have to sound it out again, and then two pages later sound out the same word again. What is happening [...]

Did you know there are 3 causes to reading comprehension? And, when you have reading comprehension problems it may be due to one, two, or all three reasons. If you don’t understand what is causing the problem, you might even do the wrong thing to try to correct it and end up wasting time, energy, [...]

Book reports shouldn’t be anything to be afraid of. Easy for you to say…you like to read. No, really, they shouldn’t be anything to be afraid of. There are some SIMPLE TRICKS to make book reports easy. First off you want to be sure your kids have plenty of time to read the book before [...]

The call is filling up fast – Reserve your spot now. I have had so many calls from parents this year that are wondering how to help their child and confused about why their child is struggling that I finally decided to have a webinar where I will present information and you will be able [...]

Once upon a time there was a little boy, – about seven years old. He was excited because he was in cub scouts and there was one really neat thing that happened in cub scouts. He knew this because he watched his brother for years in the biggest activity of the Pack. The Pinewood Derby [...]