Idiom of the week: “Take the bull by the horns”

May 2, 2012

Idioms are short phrases or expressions that we use in the English language to express a thought in a more interesting manner. Examples of idioms might include “in a pickle”, or “it’s raining cats and dogs”. Children who struggle with reading comprehension often read quite literally what is on the page, and then the true […]

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Telling Time to the Hour and Half-Hour

May 1, 2012

Telling time isn’t as simple as it seems.  There are several underlying skills that your child must have before he can successfully tell time.  If your child is having difficulties with telling time, or if he is about to begin, please be sure he has mastered the following skills before you begin teaching him to […]

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Joke: What did the traffic light say to the car?

April 26, 2012

Children LOVE telling jokes.  Kids often tell a joke and giggle hysterically, but often they don’t really understand why the joke is even funny.  That is because most jokes are play-on-words, or they are funny because a word in the joke might have two meanings, or the word could be a homonym.  Being able to […]

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Idiom of the Week: “Give my eye teeth”

April 25, 2012

Idioms are short phrases or expressions that we use in the English language to express a thought in a more interesting manner.  Examples of idioms might include “in a pickle”, or “it’s raining cats and dogs”.  Children who struggle with reading comprehension often read quite literally what is on the page, and then the true […]

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Converting Units of Capacity (Metric)

April 24, 2012

Your child is probably learning the Metric system at school, and many parents in the U.S. do not feel comfortable explaining the Metric system to their child, because it is not a system that they are very familiar with.  The good news is, the Metric system is all a base-10 model.  So, once you learn […]

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Joke: What do you get when you cross a parrot with a caterpillar?

April 20, 2012

Children LOVE telling jokes.  Kids often tell a joke and giggle hysterically, but often they don’t really understand why the joke is even funny.  That is because most jokes are play-on-words, or they are funny because a word in the joke might have two meanings, or the word could be a homonym.  Being able to […]

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Idiom of the week: “Bringing home the bacon”

April 18, 2012

Idioms are short phrases or expressions that we use in the English language to express a thought in a more interesting manner.  Examples of idioms might include “in a pickle”, or “it’s raining cats and dogs”.  Children who struggle with reading comprehension often read quite literally what is on the page, and then the true […]

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Converting Units of Capacity (Fluid Ounces, Cups, Pints, Quarts, Gallons)

April 17, 2012

Once your child has learned about the U.S. measures of capacity (fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts and gallons), he will be ready to begin converting between these units.  Be sure your child has had many opportunities to explore objects in the world around him that demonstrate the various units of capacity.  For example, when you […]

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Joke: What’s the difference between a train and a teacher?

April 12, 2012

Children LOVE telling jokes.  Kids often tell a joke and giggle hysterically, but often they don’t really understand why the joke is even funny.  That is because most jokes are play-on-words, or they are funny because a word in the joke might have two meanings, or the word could be a homonym.  Being able to […]

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Idiom of the Week: “Give someone a leg up”

April 11, 2012

Idioms are short phrases or expressions that we use in the English language to express a thought in a more interesting manner.  Examples of idioms might include “in a pickle”, or “it’s raining cats and dogs”.  Children who struggle with reading comprehension often read quite literally what is on the page, and then the true […]

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