Are you concerned about your reluctant reader? Afraid they will fall even further behind this summer? Here are some tried and true, experience-proven, successful tips to help your reluctant reader fall in love with books. These suggestions will motivate your reluctant reader and be a delight for you to implement as well. We had a reluctant [...]
Have you ever wanted a guaranteed way to have meaningful connections with a child? Have you ever felt disconnected from your child? Would you like a habit that will provide repeated, deep and lasting emotional connections with your child? The answer to all of these questions is Read Aloud Together. We talked about this blessing in [...]
Last week, we looked at how to set up some Best Plans for the Summer and how to go through it with our sanity, not just surviving. Let’s add to those plans this week with what I consider a KEY ingredient to a great summer. Reading! But then I’ve always been a “Voracious Veronica” (as Author Media [...]
Cheers are resonating across the U.S., as children (and teachers) are released for the long-awaited Summer Break. But for many households, those cheers soon turn to moans of “I’m bored!” (BTW - that is one phrase I didn’t allow in my house - or it triggered "Mom’s Bored Speech" that went something like this: “Do you [...]
Have you ever known a child who insisted their way of doing things was the “right” way, and they had a system in place to prove it? As we finish the Adult to Child Relationship DISC series, the final combination we will discuss this week is the High C-Style Adult with the High C-Style Child. As [...]
Have you ever had a child who was so tenderhearted that just “the look” would bring them to tears? Or perhaps this child was a patient who completely shut down and got very quiet under a reprimand that they needed to do a much better job of wearing their headgear or elastics? As we go through [...]
