A Covid opportunity for educators: create serious family partnerships around learning to read.Families are more engaged than ever. Use this moment to make a difference.Oct 26, 2020Oct 26, 2020
Listening to Lizzie: We all need things to look forward to.For parents and kids, this summer has to be the break they need.May 29, 2020May 29, 2020
Parents have a role to play — it just isn’t this oneI’ve read the articles and heard from lots of parents of PreK-3rd graders; no matter what lens you see this remote learning effort through…May 5, 2020May 5, 2020
I could teach other people’s kids, but not my ownI am a former teacher, but I couldn’t have homeschooled our kids. Long ago, on those inevitable days when I questioned the education our…Apr 23, 2020Apr 23, 2020
Published inAboundThe screen debate. How do other parents feel about it?This week, I had more than one investor tell me that parents won’t see a benefit to having an app that builds a child’s reading skills…Aug 22, 2019Aug 22, 2019
Published inAboundFirst-time founder, female and 56: a transformative summer at MITI didn’t want to start a company. I wanted to write a book for parents, to help them help their children build the kinds of skills that…Aug 15, 20191Aug 15, 20191
Published inAboundDo you know what skills your child needs to become a strong reader?When you pick up something to read — a newspaper or a book or a piece of mail, even — you need to do three main things in order to…Aug 13, 2019Aug 13, 2019
Published inAboundShould your preschooler know how to read?“Forrest could read at 3. I didn’t know that was possible!”Aug 12, 2019Aug 12, 2019
Published inAboundWhy don’t we identify reading problems early?Here’s what the research shows:Aug 12, 2019Aug 12, 2019
Published inAbound10 facts about learning to read that most parents don’t knowThere are three types of skills children need to become strong reader. Most people think it is just about learning letters and sounds, but…Aug 7, 2019Aug 7, 2019
