CriAnciCes: Life Skills Activities - Secondary Students with S...

CriAnciCes: Life Skills Activities - Secondary Students with S...: What Are Life Skills? Basically, life skills are a group of skills that an individual needs to acquire for an independent life, as far ...

LD OnLine :: Strategies for Summer Reading for Children with Dyslexia

Click on the link in the title above for great suggestions on helping with summer reading!

Considerate Text

Want to know what to look for when choosing a textbook?  Look for "considerate text."  Click on the "Considerate Text" title above for a good, short but concise description of what this is. 

The Importance of Literacy and Books in Child Development: Intellectual, Affective and Social Dimensions by Denise von Stockar

Click on the above link for a great article on the importance of literacy.  Learning to read is learning to really see and listen.....most importantly to really think. 

LD OnLine :: The Importance of Reading Widely

I often have students who bring in only one kind of book (all fantasy, all nonfiction etc.) Reading from a variety of genres widens the reader's world, their vocabulary, and their general knowledge. Click on the title above for an easy list to refer to when you go to the library or book store, to make sure that your child does not get "stuck."

LD OnLine :: The Importance of Reading Widely

Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development

Great resource: Encyclopedia of Language and Literacy Development

Spark Notes Twitter Pages

Does your teen use Twitter? Here are some helpful links they may want to follow:

info on Spark Notes

a "word of the day" for SAT prep

a grammar expert