5 ways to make reading fun: help your child learn to read! Did you know that most kids stop reading by their fourth grade year in school? That’s a scary thought! Reading is an important part of a child’s success in school, in life and well into their adulthood. If we want to help our […]
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This is your brain on reading: Everything you see, hear, taste, touch, or smell must go to your brain for processing. The brain will send you, via express delivery: that what you see is a ‘dog’; or you just heard a ‘train whistle’; or that sweet taste is ‘candy’; or what you are touching is
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Self esteem and family go hand-in-hand. Today’s family and function is over-flowing with school, work, chores, technology, and more. All of this is expected on limited time and resources. SOUND FAMILIAR? Family life is so important to building our self-esteem, identity, value, and purpose. It is increasingly more difficult to make quality family time together.
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Help Build a Child’s Positive Self Esteem! Self Esteem is a very vital aspect of a child’s life. It is a benchmark for the kind of life that a child will lead. It will be reflected in the way a child leads his or her life and hence it is very important to build a
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CHOOSING A BOOK WITH THE FIVE FINGER RULE: A SIMPLE METHOD FOR CHOOSING THE RIGHT BOOK FOR YOUR CHILD’S INDEPENDENT READING ABILITY [this method is most appropriate for end of 1st grade up] The easiest way to determine if a book is at an appropriate independent reading level for your child is to use the
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My child doesn’t like Reading! Help! TIPS FOR PARENTS-WHAT CAN I DO?? “A child grows in reading…by reading” by Guy L Bond. 1- Use materials at a suitable level of difficulty for your child. IF YOU ARE NOT SURE HAVE YOUR CHILD’S READING ABILITY LEVEL ASSESSED! 2- Use a variety of reading materials that
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I don’t know about you, but when I was young, I was read Book after Book after Book! Oh how I loved the sound of turning each crisp page, searching for new characters, new adventures, new lands, new places, new sounds. It was magic. It was wonderful. Good News! Studies show the developmental power of
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