Potty training creates real anxiety and anguish in parents. There is no other developmental milestone that requires parents to be an active participant.  Nobody wakes up one morning and declares to their 1-year-old, “Today is the day you are going to give up crawling and start to walk!”  Through natural development children slowly learn to

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Consider the following two homework scenarios… Student A arrives home from school, has a snack and tells her mom about her day.  She heads to her room, completes her homework and reports back in thirty minutes that she finished.  She states that she doesn’t understand why homework is even assigned because it is just so

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Parents don’t even realize they’re doing it, but every time they talk in the presence of their babies and toddlers, they are teaching language. From infancy, little ones are listening to parents’ voices and to the sounds adults make, beginning to familiarize themselves with the speech sounds that make up their native language. As they

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Did you know that when you chant nursery rhymes with your toddler, you’re not just amusing him – you’re actually helping him build foundational skills for reading? Great focus is placed on reading skills once students hit school age. In reality, the foundational skills for reading are laid when children are much younger: in preschool

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As parents, we are the first advocate for our children in every area.  Our advocacy is especially vital to helping our students, with learning and attention issues, succeed at school.  Many parents exhaust themselves with their dedication to ensuring their children get appropriate accommodations or specialized instruction.  Ultimately, our goal should be to transition our

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