By Guest Blogger Ciara Cheriese Like most people these days, we are all extra cautious about “setting and sticking” to our boundaries. Ironically, I am noticing that my students are experts at this process. They make it abundantly clear what they do and do NOT want to do. The bonus is they almost always give me… Continue reading Precious Little Boundaries
Category: School
How to Find AR Books on Amazon
If you’re anything like our family, AR Books have been a struggle from day one. I feel like I missed a memo at the beginning of Kindergarten orientation or something. All the sudden in the First Grade, my kids needed to find AR books, read them, and pass tests on them. For the busy moms,… Continue reading How to Find AR Books on Amazon
The Beauty of the Parent Teacher Alliance
By Guest Blogger: Ciara Cheriese It is that special time of the year when everything “is on like Donkey Kong”. Tests left & right… Project after project due… Parent Teacher Conferences… The list goes on… As a result, tension starts to ensue & “hurricane season is in full effect.” That special time when parents & teachers tend to have lively… Continue reading The Beauty of the Parent Teacher Alliance
Trends in Social Emotional Learning
What is SEL? I have only become familiar with the term Social Emotional Learning (SEL) over the last 5 years or so. Due to a combination of the pandemic and current mom trends, SEL has taken a forefront. It is now becoming more prominent in school conversations… and I love it! “SEL can help all… Continue reading Trends in Social Emotional Learning
Self Care for March Madness – Grade School Edition
By Guest Blogger: Ciara Cheriese Most people associate “March Madness” with college basketball… However, any parent of a grade schooler knows that “March Madness” applies directly to them & their kiddos! This is the time of year, when project after project is due… When homework seems like it is taking even longer than before… When… Continue reading Self Care for March Madness – Grade School Edition
Read Along Books and Digital Sight Word Bundle
We are so excited to introduce our first Read Along Books Series in a Digital Sight Word Bundle. This package includes everything you need to help your child learn all 20 Sight Words in the first list of Baseball Words (Ball Words, Dolch Words, Fry Words). Teaching Sight Words Learning sight words can be a… Continue reading Read Along Books and Digital Sight Word Bundle
Free Sight Word Tracker for Busy Moms
Those pesky sight words always seemed to baffle my mind. When my own kids were first studying sight words in kindergarten, I was perplexed as to why some words came easy to them and others did not. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason as to why they knew some words easily and others… Continue reading Free Sight Word Tracker for Busy Moms
5 Quick Ways to Teach Sight Words to Kids
Here at Candy Lemon Books, we really like to focus on sight words. The reason for this is that I felt such immense stress when my kids were in kindergarten. It was the first time I had ever heard that sight words had to be memorized in order to pass their grade. I am a… Continue reading 5 Quick Ways to Teach Sight Words to Kids
Should I Worry About My Kid’s Bad Grade?
We just got our first quarter grades for the 4th grade. One child did excellent… and you guessed it, one child did not do so great. We have discussed it at length with the teachers and I have analyzed different remedies at home. But the bottom line is… should I worry about the bad grades… Continue reading Should I Worry About My Kid’s Bad Grade?
Does My Kid Really Need to Read for 30 Minutes Every Night?
Bottom line… YES! But do we hit the mark every night… NO! Here are some statistics that really do show the benefit of the ACCUMULATED hours of reading. “If daily reading begins at day one, by the time the child is five years old, he or she has been fed roughly 54,750 minutes of brain food!”(from Why… Continue reading Does My Kid Really Need to Read for 30 Minutes Every Night?