Women's Home Activities

One of the favorite pastimes in our home is reading. My husband and I both love to read. We strive to spread the love of reading to our grandchildren by first modeling. They see Grammie and Poppy reading a lot when they visit our house. We also never turn down an opportunity to read to [...]

Our eldest grandchild has just entered 4th grade; she will soon turn 10 years old. Yikes! That’s double digits, I’m not sure Grammie is ready for time passing so quickly but she is. We don’t reveal our grandchildren’s true names at their parents’ request, which we totally respect so you will see the children’s nicknames [...]

In the first post on this series of Helping Your Child Understand Dyslexia and Learning Disabilities – Part 1 I shared with you a real life experience of how I would explain the basics of learning disabilities to a group of my own students. Here I will continue on with the same theme by giving [...]

You see it in the news every day; reports on children not keeping up with their peers when in comes to reading. Many parents are intimidated by the idea of teaching their children how to read. These same parents are often frustrated and don’t always know where to turn when in comes to finding help [...]

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 [...]