(By Guest Blogger: Ciara Cheriese) Growing up I’ve always loved Halloween (like most people). Especially, once I became a parent… I loved shopping for costumes and deciding what to do to celebrate the day. Now that Meilani (my daughter in college), is busy living her “best collegiate life”, I get to experience holidays from a… Continue reading Halloween Fun Pandemic Style
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FREE Boredom Busters for Kids of All Ages
Are your kids bored? I have discovered that when my kids appear BUSY doing a bunch of random stuff and acting out… they are really just BORED! This may be obvious to some parents, but it wasn’t to me. My kids rarely say the words, “I’m bored!” like I did as a child. Instead, they… Continue reading FREE Boredom Busters for Kids of All Ages
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?
We Have a Project Due Tomorrow
(By Guest Blogger: Ciara Cheriese) Who else was dumbfounded, when you discovered that having kids means doing homework again? Well, I’m fine if I’m the only one raising her hand. All I know is I was totally caught off guard. It’s not that I had a problem helping my daughter with her homework. It was… Continue reading We Have a Project Due Tomorrow
Practicing Patient Parenting
(By Guest Blogger: Ciara Cheriese) When I was a substitute preschool teacher (while my daughter was in grade school)… I had a simple rule/ boundary in place… “I will not agree to sub on days that I cannot give the students my very best patient self.” I did this to ensure that I would have… Continue reading Practicing Patient Parenting
Writing Inspiration: Llama Friends
I was a little surprised when my kids got to kindergarten and they handed us a list of SIGHT WORDS. They told us they will need to start remembering these words and will be evaluated on their reading level based on how many they know by sight! As a young mother, I wish there had… Continue reading Writing Inspiration: Llama Friends
How to REALLY Make Reading FUN (for the Unmotivated Child)
Here we are, 4 months after my first post about motivating my kids to read. You can probably guess where we’re at; maybe your situation is similar. (see ‘The Power of NO’ with a FREE printable Reading Reward Chart!) I have one girl who is so excited about school and motivated to read. Their school… Continue reading How to REALLY Make Reading FUN (for the Unmotivated Child)
New Fun Ways to Learn Math Facts with Kids
I know we usually focus on the reading side of education for our kids around here at Candy Lemon Books. But I am increasingly aware of the need to practice math facts with my kids… outside of school. Last year we learned from the teachers that there was no time for math facts to be… Continue reading New Fun Ways to Learn Math Facts with Kids
5 Easy Ways to Help Kids with Reading Comprehension
Have you ever read something… and then completely forgotten what you just read? I call this “zoning out” and I do it a lot. I recently switched to audio books and it has helped improve my focus. But even still, unless a book is really interesting or captivating, it is really easy to “zone out”… Continue reading 5 Easy Ways to Help Kids with Reading Comprehension