Stop the Homework Wars

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 [...]

Parents often write or call me with questions about helping their child struggling with spelling. In fact Kathy B. writes about her son, “He reads well, but cannot copy from the board or from a book without many spelling errors. The spelling issue is very evident in his written expression also.” More often than not, when [...]

With school just around the corner I thought this would be the perfect time to share the way I teach the short vowels to my studetns. So many kids, from early readers to middle grade and high school have trouble with spelling because they don’t have the actually vowel sounds down pat. Remember, teaching reading has [...]

I can’t tell you how may parents have asked me about their child that has problems with spelling. In fact, my daughter had spelling problems too, so I know what you go through when you have a child that has trouble spelling. She came by it naturally – her father was a terrible speller. I’ll [...]

In a word, Yes! There are two ways music improves homework. One is by listening: There is a connection between music and learning. When we listen to music that is 60 beats per minute our body relaxes and frees our minds to concentrate better. According to Music and the Brain’s Laurence O’Donnell, music has a [...]