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Sometimes a parent reads a child’s story and suddenly realizes she is seeing something far deeper than a school assignment. She is seeing how her child thinks. What captures his imagination. What details matter to him. How he connects ideas. How clearly he...
One thing many parents notice pretty quickly is that their children often work much harder on things that feel meaningful to them. A child who struggles to stay focused on an assignment may suddenly spend an hour building an imaginary world, explaining a complicated...
Many children who resist writing assignments are not actually resisting creativity or communication. More often, they are struggling with writing that feels disconnected from meaning. Parents see this all the time. A child stares blankly at a worksheet, struggles to...
One of the most challenging aspects of teaching English Language Arts (ELA) concerns proper grammar usage. The difficulty is compounded by testing, where students are provided uninteresting passages to identify incorrect usage and answer the correct usage. While...