I would have to say I think English language is hard to learn.  There are so many exceptions and simply some of the rules don’t apply when suppose to.  With that said my daughter was doing her writing assignment this week when I looked over her shoulder to see some mistakes.  I just let her [...]

My first grader has very little interest in learning to read. I have successfully taught my older kids to read using various phonics materials, ie. Abeka, Saxon and Teach Your Child To Read In 100 Easy Lessons. I have tried several things with this one child over the past couple of years.  We have had [...]

Something really cute happened this weekend.  My Natalie wanted to play school with me but I was busy so I suggested that she play school with her stuffed animals until her friend was available to play.  She hesitated for a while and tried whining in an effort to convince me that I should play instead.  [...]