Stop the Homework Wars

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 [...]

How many times have your kids read the same pages in their textbook, searching for the answers? Your kids may have even flung their book down or at you in frustration? That may be because no one actually ever taught them the skill of reading for meaning, and a result, reading assignments are hard for [...]

One of the things that has always been hard for my students is note taking and learning study skills. But, note taking and learning study skills doesn’t have to be hard. I know you might be rolling your eyes at that statement, thinking:  “Right – Bonnie has got to be kidding!” But, I’m not kidding. I [...]

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, [...]

Janet C. just wrote in… My daughter is very unmotivated about doing her homework and I have to spend much of my time in the evenings helping her get through her assignments. What can I do? I would first explain to her that you understand that she doesn’t like to do homework. In fact you [...]

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 [...]

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 to ask me questions. Attendees will also receive a surprise FREE [...]

There is really no right or wrong answer about where homework should be done. It does help to have a particular place though, that is the consistent homework place for your children. Then the supplies they need are handy. Children need a space where they can concentrate on their homework that is free from distractions. [...]