With summer winding down and fall on its way, most students will tell you with some measure of resignation that back-to-school means back to homework, back to tests and projects, and the end of fun days spent at the pool. All children must re-acclimate to sitting in the classroom and making time for homework, and
Summer Survival Skills For Parents: Webinar
Last night was our webinar: Summer Survival Skills For Parents. given by our Director of Parent Outreach, Adina Soclof. We discussed the many different things parents need to know to survive a summer with their kids. Here are our top 3 tips: 1. Don’t lose the schedule: We all want to have a relaxing, uncomplicated
Executive Function Disorder: Are Your Kids Late, Lost and Unprepared? Part 4
Last week we started discuss Executive Function Disorder and how it can impact on our children’s behavior. Many times children have difficulties in the areas of Executive Function. We talked about how Executive Functions encompass the following areas, Inhibition, Working memory, Organization of Materials and Self-Monitoring. We also discussed that Executive Function Disorder strongly relates
Pre-Literacy Skills: Easy Ways To Build Them At Home
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
Supporting Higher-Level Reading Comprehension
Several of our recent articles have focused on the interplay of language with reading skills. We have discussed how decoding (the process of using rules to read words) is affected by underlying language processes such as syntax (grammatical word order) and semantics (word meaning). For older students, even when these systems are intact individually, the
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