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When I was a young mother in my thirties, I had a dear friend who offered to teach the game of tennis to me. I didn’t have a cute tennis...

Listening With Intention Although I’ve spent much of my life thinking about and working with and for children, I occasionally fail to use...

Teachers and parents hear a lot about “grit” today. We worry that we may not be providing the experiences children need to develop grit....

I wrote the post below for my granddaughter who is a young teenager. Sweet granddaughter, I realize that you struggle with shyness and...

Previous posts about literacy focused on oral reading. Today’s entry suggests ways to guide children to match the symbols of letters to...

In honor of Mother’s Day, I share a story that my mother’s mother told me. Grandmother Glover, my mother’s mother, was 87 years old when...

Amy Campbell, who serves as the school counselor at the Rawson Saunders School for Dyslexia, provides a powerful post about children with...

Sometimes the best intentions have the most frightening consequences. When No Child Left Behind ushered in an avalanche of tests, I’m...

Does it seem like sometimes life dumps trouble all over you? Do you occasionally think that life is definitely NOT fair? You are right!...

One of the worst mistakes I made as a young teacher was to ask children to read “challenging” texts before they were ready. Struggling...