The time has come, and the virtual doors have opened. I welcomed a mixture of returning and brand-new students to summer reading (with yours truly) on Monday. And, it's been an absolute delight! There have been a couple of kinks in the process, starting right off the bat, but I've been able to navigate quite … Continue reading The Summer Reading Program Started This Week!
I was just thinking about the reading instruction that I provide to the wonderful children I'm blessed to work with, and it brought me to this idea of just how important the "little things" are in the human experience. I've always been in the "business" of supporting people. As a human resources professional and now … Continue reading The Little Things Matter
It's been a little bit since I visited with you, and I apologize for being away for so long. I really had every intention of being around on a regular basis this month, but it's been busy with the closing of the regular school year in my tutoring world and the beginning of my summer … Continue reading The DOM Summer Reading Program Begins June 2026
INCENTIVIZING. Such an interesting word that can mean different things to different people, or even different things to the same person. Like me. I'm of the mind that "incentives" are subjective, because something that incentivizes one person may not necessarily incentivize the next person in line. Let's face it. Cindy might really look forward to … Continue reading Incentivizing Children to Read by Identifying What Motivates Them
In incentivizing the young reader and writer, it's imperative that we GET TO THE REAL REASON A CHILD DOESN’T WANT TO READ AND/OR WRITE. I MEAN THE REAL REASON! In problem identification, we have to get to the root cause of the problem in order to solve it. Therefore, the most important thing to initially … Continue reading Incentivizing the Young Reader and Writer: Challenges to Reading and Writing (Poll Results)
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