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Be Careful Not To Let Your Teen Get Overbooked
Parents often push their children to take honors and AP level classes because they want them to be challenged and have a better chance to get into a competitive college. Additionally, they want them...
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Help Very Young Readers Learn Left-to-Right Progression
There are many simple things you can do to help your child quickly learn the basic elements of reading. When starting the reading process, a very young child may look at a group of words in a sentence...
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Some Changes to the PSATs and SATs
Students everywhere will be taking the PSATs and SATs. The PSAT, which occurs in the fall, is a preparatory test for the SAT. The SAT (or another test—the ACT) is required by most colleges as part of...
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Fun and Easy Help With Basic Math
I often rely on two of my old favorite teaching aids in helping young students with basic math. A common deck of playing cards and a child’s hand full of U.S. coins can work wonders in helping...
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Helping Teens Manage Stress and Anxiety
In a recent blog I cautioned parents to make sure their teens are not overbooked. I often see students in my office upset and worried; frequently, they cannot tell me what it is they are anxious about....
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Seven Steps to Developing Literacy
Parents are their child’s first teacher. There are many simple things you can do to ensure his reading and writing success. Here are some easy suggestions to help you support your child’s literacy...
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Raising Responsible Digital Citizens: It Takes a Community
by Lynette Owens In today’s world, kids are using electronic devices before they are reading and writing—which is both exciting and frightening for parents and communities. It seems that with every...
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An App That Helps Webpage Readability
Websites are cluttered with multiple windows and articles as well as advertisements. The extra information on each page can make it difficult to read what you really want to read. This is especially...
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Fine Motor Skills That Support Early Education
Good use of fine motor skills contributes to early school success. Fine motor adeptness involves the smaller muscle groups throughout the body—for example, muscles in the hand and fingers must work in...
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Reading Comprehension Strategies for Older Students
Once students leave elementary school, they are expected to be able to read well. But there is little help beyond the elementary school level when a student struggles to understand his textbooks. The...
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Use Fall Leaves for Math and Science Learning Fun
The various shapes, colors, and sizes of falling autumn leaves and acorns offer hands-on opportunities for science and math fun. Here are four ways to use the season’s bounty to practice important...
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Strategies for Managing Personal Electronics at School
In many schools, every student has a laptop or tablet computer on their desk. As a teacher, I have mixed emotions about that! I love that my students have vast quantities of information at their...
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Help Your Child Become a Sentence Builder
Once children know letters, they can’t wait to use those letters to make words. When they know words they can then construct a sentence. Children learn that a sentence is a group of words that when...
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Signs of Cell Phone Addiction
Someone sent me a link to an article called How To Get Students To Stop Using Their Cellphones in Class. I was particularly interested in it because kids have a hard time putting their phones away and...
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10 Tips for Reinforcing Good Manners
The holiday season is a magical time when family and friends get together to enjoy each other’s company. And it’s is also a perfect time to help a young child learn and practice good manners. Helping...
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Winter’s Coming: 10 Healthy Hacks for Parents and Kids
Winter gives us a choice: We can hunker down and ride it out, or we can embrace it! Our friends at Hyland’s understand the importance of keeping kids active and eating well so they stay healthy. And we...
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Helping Teens Make Their Own Decisions
Recently, I was talking with a 10th grader about an academic concern. We chatted for a while, and I offered her a couple of ideas as solutions to her problem. Then I said, “What do you think?” Her...
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Why Sports Can Help Kids With School
Research suggests that students who participate in sports tend to do better in school. Some say it is linked to the physical activity. That makes sense; even a small amount of activity can increase...
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Graphing for Reading and Math Fun
Graphing is a great way for a young child to visually see math and understand the concepts of more or less and addition and subtraction in mathematics. Graphs can also be used in reading to help a...
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Perseverance, Not "Math Brain," Determines Success in Math
There is exciting new research about how we learn math. Scientists at Stanford University now believe there is no such thing as having a “math brain.” In other words, their research suggests that...
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