For years my friend and mentor, Rita, have commiserated on how hard Fact Families are for some students.  Some get the concept readily and it’s like revelations!  Others struggle with it – not able to grasp the big picture.  So over the years I have come up with a few tricks. Fact Family Picnic...
Read More »

You may be reading this in the new layout, if not it is coming soon! Do you like it?  Do you find it easier to find what you are looking for?  Thanks for lots of people giving their suggestions, many I don’t know who they are but I do owe you a heart felt...
Read More »

Now available for purchase! Many children enter school thinking words like: cat, me and dog are whole units, not individual sounds that make up the words. In order for your child to be able to decode words, they must be aware that each word is made up of individual sounds. They will need this...
Read More »

Today I went to a “Meet the Buyers” conference for the first time.  Greg Peters, The Reluctant Networker, would be proud of me.  I walked up to people and introduced myself and came away with new contacts and people wanting to help get me to the right people.  It was great!  But nothing would...
Read More »