Dr. Daniel Amen's Tips for Teaching Children Problem Solving Skills

As parents, we often care so much about our children’s wellbeing that we will do whatever we can to make things easier for them. However, when we step in to fix our children’s problem, are we helping them or hurting them? In this video clip, taken from Dr. Amen’s television special “Raising Mentally Strong Kids”,…

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How to Teach Vocabulary in Grades K-2 | Vocabulary Activities for Kids

Teaching vocabulary in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade can often be overlooked. In this video, I share how to teach vocabulary to your primary students, and also I shared a few of my favorite vocabulary activities for kids! Leave it Out activity: Word Gradients activity: Multiple meaning triangles: Get 3 months of Reading.com for…

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Learn how to help improve your child’s handwriting (quickly)!!!

Messy handwriting seems to be somewhat of a rite of passage for most kids these days — especially for kids with dyslexia and other processing issues. It’s just not that common for kids to be explicitly taught how to write anymore, so many simply don’t know how to. If your child has messy handwriting, start…

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