Getting kids to love reading including reluctant readers as well as competent readers who just don’t like to read.
Please welcome my guest blogger today, the author F.T. Bradley who has great advice on how to get kids reading. At the end of the post, she is also hosting a GIVEAWAY with signed copies of her three spy chapter books! “I don’t like reading.” They’re not words you want to hear from your kiddo as…
I noticed how parents will often hire a tutor for math for their kids, but less so for reading. Today, my guest author Dusty Fox writes about what to expect from a reading tutor. How Tutoring Can Help Your Child Learn to Embrace Reading (and Education!) If you are a parent who loves to read, it…
Thank you to everyone who has sent in a photo! Kids caught in the acting reading makes me very, very happy! How is summer reading going for you? If you send me a photo to pragmaticmomblog (at) gmail (dot) com, I’ll send you a book! (I’m sorry but I can only send books to the United…
Please welcome my guest blogger, Jim Westcott, an author who writes Hi Lo fiction books for boys. My fifteen years as a Special Education Teacher influenced what I write and for what audience. I write these kinds of books for these two audiences: Hi Interest-Low Vocabulary Books for struggling readers, especially books for boys…
My son’s third grade class came up with the best idea for a teacher gift! A progressive story! Using Google Docs, each child wrote one or two paragraphs of a story about their teacher before passing it on. You needed to read the story before you could add your own, so it was also a…
Please welcome my guest author today, Donna Lasinski of ThinkStretch Summer Learning Program. What is Reading? Summer reading is a time-honored tradition for adults and children alike. But what really counts as summer reading? With my three boys, we can often haggle over what “counts” for their daily reading time. So, with the benefit of insights from…
My guest blogger today is Jeffrey Pfaum, an inner-city schoolteacher, who is sharing his creative ideas for reading, writing, imaginning and drawing exercises. Reading-and-Imagining Writing Exercise You can develop the imagination with simple exercises, where the mind changes words into pictures. Ask your child to close her eyes and picture—or visualize—words in her mind. For…