Below is a list of tips I have found to be helpful for parents that want to prepare their children to become skillful lifelong readers. Go to the library or bookstore with your child. I remember when my daughter was little and we would go to Borders (no longer in business) to explore books in the children’s section. It was such fun for her
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Have you ever wondered why one student understands math and another does not? Both students may be of the same grade, age and background, yet one happens to like math and finds it interesting while the other is completely lost. No two people are alike, so why should one expect people to learn in the same way or at the same rate? Why do
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” I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” Groucho Marx One of the first questions I ask a student I work with is: “How often do you read?” The answers vary of course, but approximately 60% will say they read about one book a year, but only because they
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