I have a first grader and a third grader at home. My first grader needs to do his twenty minutes of reading at night, and my older daughter likes to…
“You rolled a six, Tommy! You can’t skip over the Lose a Turn space! We won’t let you play if you don’t play by the rules.” Big brothers are great…
As you head into a preschool parent conference, you’re probably thinking about how she’s adjusting to the new classroom and whether she’s learning from the activities. What you might not be thinking…
It’s the parent-teacher conference time again. I must admit that throughout the years, I pretty much raced into those conferences without a thought about my role. I just hoped to…
Parents of babies spend a lot of time on a small number of things—feeding, entertaining, and especially trying to get the babe to sleep for a few long stretches at a…
Today we examine the question: is this first grader a reader? Amara, a first grader, stands proudly in the kitchen with book in hand and reads to all within earshot,…
When you pick up something to read – a newspaper or a book or a piece of mail, even – you need to do three main things in order to…
Years ago, when I first started presenting to parent groups, I used to be quite surprised by what resonated with people. My biggest take-away was that parents wanted concrete ways…
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