Fundamentals

Ahhh…..it’s summertime and the living is easy. You have no rigid schedules to follow, no school bells to live by, and no report card hassles with your teenager. But before you know it those “Back to School” sale ads will appear in the newspapers and you will have to gear up for another school […]

Homework has been a perennial headache for kids and teens as well as for their parents. Following are some tips to make homework time more effective and enjoyable for all concerned.
1. No TV. As a general rule, kids should not watch TV while doing their homework. It might be a good policy to have […]

When we consider all the elements that go into becoming a skilled reader it seems a monumental task and yet some how young children learn the many different decoding skills necessary to them and most become proficient readers within the first few years of school.
However not all young children learn to read with ease […]

No one ever became a worse reader by reading more. This is at least what my mom told me, and what I tell to my students. However, as any parent knows, it is often a struggle to get children to appreciate the joys of reading.
In today’s fast paced information age, popular children’s book often […]

During the clear night sky and as long as the city lights are not close or bright enough to interfere with your naked eye vision, it is always a good idea to grab a blanket and some candles and head to your house’s roof or the nearest hill. Admiring the stars is not an […]

For anyone who has read a great deal, The World Book Encyclopedia probably has several positive associations in the memory banks. I remember as a kid I started learning from encyclopedias by using the children’s classic sets. From there, I started reading about all the issues related to my adolescent stage. Finally, by sneaking […]

Why put off learning to play the piano? Unfortunately, a false belief holds many adults back who think that since they did not study piano as a child that they will not be able to catch on as an adult. It is true that it will be a little more difficult because learning new […]

For some reason, grammar is the “forgotten cousin” of reading programs. Back in the good old days, second- and third-graders would learn what a noun is, and the difference between present and past tense verbs. Now the educational system waits until middle school, which is long past the best learning age. Kids then wonder […]

It is but one of them days which most little school children dread, that is picture day. The parents think of such a day as being a monumental time, as they use it as a means of recording a child’s youthful career. It is basically the only way of preserving school days for years […]

If your child has diabetes, it is probably type 1 diabetes, which means that your child is insulin-dependent. Even if your child has type 2 diabetes, you will want to tell the school so that your child is supported during their learning process. You want your child to get the most of their education, […]