I know, I know. Anything with the word “Science” in the title makes my eyes glaze over. I am begging you to push through. You will not believe the rewards. First of all, a scary statistic. If a child is not reading on grade level by FIRST grade, there is a 90% chance he or…
“I’m the worst reader in the class.” My daughter spoke casually, but the way she kept cutting her eyes, I knew these feelings ran deep. “I can’t read at all.” She’s waiting, waiting, waiting for a response. “I know, honey. We’ll work through this.” I promised I would never lie to my child. The truth…
You would think teaching your ABCs would be as easy as ABC. It’s really not. There are so many variations, accents, and rules that don’t follow rules. When working with littles, we want to be sure we are teaching them how to sound out letters properly. If not, you will spend more time unteaching the…
I have always loved teaching. As a little girl, I sat my stuffed animals in a row and taught them to read using my favorite blackboard for lessons. I was faithful to those little critters. I took attendance and felt guilty when I hadn’t asked one of them a question in a while. One of…
You are looking for the perfect activity for your child to help introduce the letter “Ee.” After looking through scores of options, you come across this cute worksheet that looks like it has been done by someone with educational knowledge. You print this and share it with your child. Unknowingly you have hindered your child’s…
Counting is as easy as 1, 2, 3, right? There’s a lot more to teaching little ones to count than that. Check out Megan Jenkins, instructor with Little Shoes Academy, as she explains one of the ABCs of counting – conservation. Number conservation is the concept that the number of items stay the same no…