by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Feb 26, 2025 | Content, Core Skills
Adjectives have enormous power for kids. Whether it’s a two-year-old learning what “small” means, a four-year-old sorting the world into things that are “interesting” or not, or a five-year-old discovering what it means to be “clever,” using adjectives opens a kid’s...
by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Feb 22, 2025 | Content, Core Skills
Learning to read is one of the most exciting milestones your child will achieve. But it doesn’t happen overnight. There are a number of learning steps they must take on their path to literacy. One of the foundations of reading is a skill called phonemic awareness. In...
by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Feb 14, 2025 | How It Begins
As a good parent, you’re looking for all the tools and tricks to help your child learn to read. In your quest, you stumble upon something called “sight words” and wonder What are sight words? And will they help my child improve their reading skills? In this article,...
by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Feb 10, 2025 | Things to Do
It’s hard to wait. You’re eager for the thing that’s coming, but it’s not here yet. So you think about it. You might feel like you’re sitting around doing nothing. But sitting and waiting—having patience—isn’t nothing. It’s a very specific skill that can be tricky to...
by Dr. Jody Sherman LeVos | Feb 7, 2025 | Content, Core Skills
Sharing is an important skill that helps children develop other social-emotional skills, including empathy, cooperation, and consideration for others. But do you know how to teach sharing? In this article, we teach you how to teach sharing to your toddler,...
