What Does a Family Bonding Activity Cost?

Take a minute or two to remember when you were young. Like vacations you went on or some activity that you did with your family. As you are bringing up those memories think about and focus on what was the most important part to you.
If it was a vacation that you were thinking about what [...]

Giving Yourself Permission to Know Your Limits

You may have noticed that last week I missed making my Thankful Thursday post for gratitude. It was not that I didn’t have anything to feel grateful about. On the contrary, I have many moments of thankfulness in my life. Last week was really a little experiment I tried that I like to call Giving [...]

Discover Intensive Phonics Program Will Help Your Child Learn to Read

You may not have heard of the Discover Intensive Phonics Program before because until recently it was only available in schools.
I am familiar with the school version as it was used in school system in which I formerly taught. I can tell you first hand that my learning disabled students definitely increased their reading levels [...]

Discover Cricket Magazine

Parents are constantly looking for ways to help their children improve their reading skills. Studies have shown that when children are interested in a topic their attention span lasts longer. Finding a source for reading that will capture your child’s attention is a big challenge for most parents but where there is a will there [...]

Why Do I Talk So Much About Learning Phonics

You may be asking Why Do I Talk So Much About Learning Phonics? As a former teacher I am a big proponent of teaching phonics because I know that this learning method is the basis that children need to become successful readers.
Allow me to give you this illustration to emphasis my point in the matter. [...]