Pantry poetry: let food be your muse
Let food inspire your child to practice descriptive writing.
Animal, vegetable, mineral
How can you help at home? Have your child use descriptive words to write about an object.
Steps of a recipe
Writing the steps of a recipe in order will help develop your first-grader's thinking skills.
On Their Own: sage advice for parents
In a poignant passage from her book, mother and heiress Ann Ford reflects on the lifelong realities of raising a child with learning disabilities.
How older kids can improve their writing skills
An education expert offers a surprising way for parents to help that will do more than improve their child's writing skills.
Bright ideas from our readers: spelling struggles
Thanks to the readers who shared games and strategies to help kids with spelling. Their ideas may help your child.
How a computer helped my son with writing
Read the story of how the quality and quantity of one boy's school work improved — along with his self-confidence — by using a computer.
Effective writing instruction for students with learning problems
Learn about proven classroom strategies for helping kids master writing.
Latino/Hispanic cultural influences on assessing and treating ADHD
Learn how culture affects assessment and treatment of ADHD - and how sensitivity can help.
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