Both of my kids had pincer grip issues so we’ve used special pencils from the time they started holding any writing instruments. These are fairly
Category: English
I struggled for 2 years teaching Thumper spelling. We tried All About Spelling. We tried Evan Moore’s Building Spelling Skills. None of it worked. I
I had a child who struggles with spelling. After 3 years (we started spelling late), I’ve come to some realizations. Please note that my kids
Age: 7 Wow. That title is quite a mouthful. But I am too lazy to write two posts that essentially say the same thing. Once
Age: 8-9 (Thumper), 7-8 (Astroboy) Thumper was a late reader. She learned to read Chinese around 7.5 and English around 8.5. I like to console myself
“Thumper, it’s 10:30pm, you need to go to sleep.” “Oh oh, but this is the exciting part! Just 5 more minutes!” Never thought I’d see
For our new semester, I’ve decided to switch from our New American Cursive handwriting practice to something else, mostly because I was raised on the old style
With the new semester, I made some changes to our daily work plan. One of the my aim this semester is to get Thumper solidly reading in
I obsess over reading levels. Just a little bit. It’s hard to not obsess when you decide that English comes second to Chinese. While I know, logically, that
I’m procrastinating by writing posts instead of planning. I started the year with a big bang as usual and petered out after about a week.