tadpoles, trails and trees

There are some first things that a child learns to "read". One of those things is often a stop sign: A lot of people will arg...

I created my Growing Readers lessons and activities so that they could be done with nothing more than some paper, index cards and a pen. Th...

The single most important thing you can do to successfully grow a reader is to read to them. After that, read to them some more! My goal wa...

Is your preschool aged child ready to start learning the letters of the alphabet? If so, where do you begin? What is the right order to teac...

Little Miss turned three in June, so this Fall I decided to try to do a bit or "formal" school work with her every day. She's ...