Clear Language and IEP’s: A Critical Pairing

Clear Language and IEP’s: A Critical Pairing

Ambiguous language choices can get us into a whole heap of messes. Don’t agree? Well, consider the following scenario. You’re invited to a dinner party at your neighbors’ house and you spend the afternoon baking a cake. You stop to chat with your neighbor and they...
SUMMER CAMP SERIES 1: Tips for Avoiding the “Summer Slide”

SUMMER CAMP SERIES 1: Tips for Avoiding the “Summer Slide”

We’ve likely all heard the phrase “the summer slide”: that phenomenon where kids tend to forget by September what they knew in May! Research has shown some startling statistics regarding declining reading and math skills over the summer months: When kids don’t read,...
All I Really Need to Know I Learned In… Study Skills?

All I Really Need to Know I Learned In… Study Skills?

I’m sure most of us have heard of Robert Fulghum’s book All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten. If we haven’t read the book, we’ve likely seen some of the various spinoffs: all I need to know I learned from a teacher; all I need to know I learned from...