by Kim | Apr 26, 2023 | Accelerated Learning, Preschool at home
Listen up parents who are scared of math: new math happened while you were adulting and just like with the move to balanced literacy, you are going to have homework to do with your kids because of it. It never fails to astound me how every couple of decades, the US...
by Kim | Apr 23, 2023 | Accelerated Learning
Here’s a question of vital importance for your child’s future: Structured literacy vs. balanced literacy. You’ve heard of the the need to ground but go beyond phonics. We’ve chatted about building literacy skills. Today, we’re going to compare and contrast two...
by Kim | Apr 23, 2023 | Accelerated Learning, Decision Making for Parents
Those of you who have been reading these columns know that I am ambivalent towards NYC’s gifted and talented program. Ever since Mayor Adams scrapped screening for admissions, I reason that basically any child who isn’t acting out or being a nuisance in their current...
by Kim | Apr 20, 2023 | Accelerated Learning, Preschool at home
Are you a bookworm at heart? Do you love getting lost in a good story? If you answered yes, chances are, you want your child to develop an unshakeable love for the written word as well. Today’s post is all about developing literacy skills in preschoolers so they...
by Kim | Apr 19, 2023 | Accelerated Learning, Preschool at home
Your child will learn to read in Kindergarten (with caveats – more on that below), but will it be based on the science of reading or will the approach be the debunked balanced literacy method? One method leads to success and the other spells doom. If...
