During the summer, the last thing your kids probably want to hear about is intensive work. They want to have fun, you want to have fun, the whole family wants to have fun! It would be easy to not do any kind of school work, but you know that when kids take a total break […]

My son was a 6-year-old (almost 7) when I began teaching him to read, and it seemed as though he just wasn’t getting it. He had learned some phonics in kindergarten and recognized some sight words, but putting together everything he had learned just wasn’t happening. I tried everything from McGuffey readers to other phonics books and […]

Well today my T4L went dormant…Three of my students will be returning and I let the other 2 accounts drop.
As I was printing out the records last night and looking at the average scores of their activities, I found myself so grateful that I did t4l, esp. for the neighbor’s grandson. Here was written proof […]

What do you all do when a child has gone beyond what T4L has for their level? Tim is almost done with 2nd grade science, and he finished 2nd grade social studies a few months ago. Third grade social studies was just out of league, it wasn’t interactive enough to hold his attention, and I’m […]

Do your kids have problems with repetition? Tim cannot stand to repeat a lesson, or even an idea. We studied about seasons at the beginning of the month. This last quarter I’m reviewing everything he learned through the year, and this week for science it’s seasons. I had him watch a video on seasons, and […]