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Get a Grip!  What Parents (& Maybe Teachers Too) Need to Know About ‘Pencil Grip’—How It Develops (June 2025),  Why It Is Important (July 2025), and What About the Influence of Screen Time on Writing By Hand,  Part 3 (August 2025)

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Prelude: The Takeaways from Parts 1 and 2 I’ve written about pencil grip, letter formation instruction, and handwriting over the past two months. Read Part 1 here, and Part 2 here. The main takeaways: Now, About those Touch Screens – Swipe, Tap, Click, and Flash! The Younger Child Ages 0-5 As I wrote in Part […]

Get a Grip!  What Parents (& Maybe Teachers Too) Need to Know About ‘Pencil Grip’—How It Develops (June 2025),  Why It Is Important (July 2025), and What About the Influence of Screen Time on Writing By Hand,  Part 3 (August 2025) Read More »

Get a Grip!  What Parents (& Maybe Teachers Too) Need to Know About ‘Pencil Grip’—How It Develops (Part 1),  Why It Is Important (Part 2), and What About the Influence of Screen Time on Writing By Hand (Part 3) – Part 2

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July (Part 2), Coming in August (Part 3) 2025  Introduction If you are just reading this article for the first time, I suggest you click back to my June 2025 article here, which explains the development of an appropriate pencil grip from birth to about age 5 prior to reading this month’s article. As a

Get a Grip!  What Parents (& Maybe Teachers Too) Need to Know About ‘Pencil Grip’—How It Develops (Part 1),  Why It Is Important (Part 2), and What About the Influence of Screen Time on Writing By Hand (Part 3) – Part 2 Read More »

WRITING IS LEARNING! “Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” ~Molière

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While my intent is to help my readers learn, let me share what I have learned along the way in the long and winding road leading to a book’s publication. Getting a book into the hands of the intended audiences turned out to be far harder than I could ever have imagined. Writing the manuscript

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What Do Parents Need to Know About Reading Fluency?

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A question from a teacher this week prompted this article. The teacher writes:  I tutor a 9 year old student with a diagnosis of dyslexia. This student has been taught ‘the code’ (I take that to mean this student is familiar with most, if not many sound/symbol relationships). This student’s first or ‘cold read’ is

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Do You Have A ‘Passive Learner’ Lurking At Home?

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Do you have a child and/or a student who appears to be able to read and  complete homework adequately? How about one who gets decent grades the majority of the time? Or are you dealing with  a child and/or a student who completely shuts down and has trouble with academics in many arenas?  THE PASSIVE

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PARENTS!! IT’S UP TO YOU TO BELIEVE!! YOUR CHILD(REN)’S SUCCESS DEPENDS ON IT!!

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I don’t have enough fingers and toes to count how many times I received a phone call from a caring, and simultaneously frustrated parent with some variant of these words: “I know something is going on with my child. My child is not reading as easily as other kids and my child cannot spell. The

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SPRING INTO SUMMER TO BOOST LANGUAGE & LITERACY AT HOME: KEEP THE FAUCETS ‘ON’ PART 3 (of 3 PARTS!)

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As I’ve been saying all month, keep those ‘learning faucets’ flowing during the summer!   This is the final blog in a series of three based upon the webinar I conducted in June to help families. I offer many resources to help children with their literacy  journeys. Feel free to go back and read my first

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