Words That Start with the Letter D for Kids: Lists by Grade
Strengthen your child's vocabulary by helping them learn words that begin with the letter D. Enhance this learning with fun facts and activities for kids.
Core Skills
The essentials for school and life, like reading, writing, math, and physical milestones like learning to tie shoes
My Child Believes He Is a Terrible Reader and Refuses Even to Try. What Can I Do?
My Child Believes He Is a Terrible Reader and Refuses Even to Try. What Can I Do?
Q&A with Peggy Kaye, HOMER’s Chief Curriculum Officer Many children feel that unless they read with the fluency of adults, then they are bad readers. Other children see classmates having an easier time learning to read and it makes them insecure. Children...
What Can I Do to Help My Child Love Reading?
What Can I Do to Help My Child Love Reading?
Q&A with Peggy Kaye, HOMER’s Chief Curriculum Officer Children who love books and stories before they are readers are very likely to love reading. Children who get lost in stories they hear, who imagine characters and feel for the problems characters face, are...
Homework 101
Homework 101
Written by Peggy Kaye, HOMER’s Chief Curriculum Officer Featured in KIDBOX’s The Scribble Newspaper All too often, homework turns peaceful evenings into fighting matches between parents and kids. What can be done to stop the arguments? Here are a few ideas from our...
8 Tips to Keep Kids Loving Reading in a World of Test Prep
8 Tips to Keep Kids Loving Reading in a World of Test Prep
We hope these tipsl help your family keep the spirit of reading alive and well in your home, even as the pressures of standardized testing mount.
Perfect Car Games While on the Road
Perfect Car Games While on the Road
Homer’s experts have prepared a cheat sheet to help make traveling with kids enjoyable and educational!
The Perfect Balance: Using Online Learning to Inspire Offline Play
The Perfect Balance: Using Online Learning to Inspire Offline Play
By HOMER Mom Ambassador Rachael Harris As a homeschool mom of three children, ranging from 19 months to 6 years old, with an early childhood education background, I’m a bit obsessed with a few key ingredients in raising healthy, successful children. Building great...
How to Boost Your Child’s Reading Comprehension: 5 Tips that Really Work
How to Boost Your Child’s Reading Comprehension: 5 Tips that Really Work
Peggy Kaye, the designer of HOMER's learning system, is a known literary expert and the author of a series of books that are jammed packed with games that help children learn. She has been a teacher and private tutor for over 40 years and enjoys sharing her...
Help Tutt and Millie Pack Their Bags with this FREE Phonics Printable
Help Tutt and Millie Pack Their Bags with this FREE Phonics Printable
Have you ever been so excited to go on a trip? (I mean, really, aren't we all?) So are Tutt and Millie. After reading HOMER story 'Flying Kite' in the Poetry section and then help your child reinforce rhyming words and talk about upcoming travel with this adorable...
What Does it Mean to be Kindergarten Ready?
What Does it Mean to be Kindergarten Ready?
It’s back to school season and many young learners are embarking on an entirely new adventure – kindergarten! According to the National Center for Education Statistics, students enter kindergarten at very different skills levels, which is natural given that...
Ideas for Teaching Sight Words from the ‘Sight Word King’
Ideas for Teaching Sight Words from the ‘Sight Word King’
Sheena P. has been a part of our Homer Ambassador group for a few months now, and has recently celebrated success with her son being crowned the ‘Sight Word King’ this summer. It’s not easy to get a budding reader excited about sight words, and she’s willingly...
Reading + Math = Success
Reading + Math = Success
Finding ways to engage kids with both reading and math is a great way to strengthen both domains and apply learning to new contexts.
5 Tips To Prevent Summer Slide
5 Tips To Prevent Summer Slide
We’ve all heard about kids losing months of learning over the summer months only to find themselves behind in September. These simple, and fun ways add learning value to your summer vacation.