Posts about Basic Skills

Have American schools changed in the last few decades? Here, we compare American education to that of other countries, and to America 10 years ago.

Your child may not be living up to their full potential. Find out what is standing in their way, and what can be done to help them be more successful!

American literacy is suffering, and the way learning disabilities are handled may be partly to blame. Learn about what undiagnosed learning disabilities do

Despite the global illiteracy problem, American standards for literacy continue to decline. Find out how and why these literacy standards are being lowered

When a child misses a piece of information during school, it creates a missing brick. What is a missing brick, and how does it affect a child's learning?

Your second grade student should be able to measure inches, feed, ounces and pounds and here is how you can help them.

Math Genie promises things to us parents- kids will get better in math, develop their whole brain, improve focus & concentration, etc. Trust me, it's true.

A child who is always scolded may grow up to be indecisive, a people-pleaser, and afraid to express their true passion, fearful of not being good enough.

The time is now to make a change in the education of our children. Fight the Covid-slide& help our leaders of tomorrow be the geniuses we know they can be.

You should never go ahead of the lesson plan. It is going to harm your child. You may teach them incorrectly and this will delay them. Stop going ahead!