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Family Crafts and Things to Do This Holiday

Quality family time can be the backbone for the learning experiences your children will build from. Make sure to take this opportunity over the holiday break to bring the family together for positive learning experiences.

10 Holiday Family Activities

10 fun family activities to do over the holidays. These activities not only bring fun to the family but they also improve learning skills too. Activities vary from game night (with suggested games), to movie night, to special decorating activities.

Summer Reading List: Top 5 Books to Read by Grade Level

Have a summer reading plan for the lazy, hazy days of summer. Kids should be reading on a daily basis. This can happen for 15 to 30 minutes after lunch, before swimming, or before bed. Kids should be reading pleasure books at one to two levels below their grade level so they are easy to read. Get the top 5 books to read this summer too.

Terry Family Videos

Lara Family Video - Merry Christmas from Grandma and Grandpa To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Burke Family Video To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Terry Family Video To view this [...]

Holiday Activities Reduce Stress Over the Holidays for Dyslexia and ADHD

Holiday Activities: Keeping my children engaged over the holidays can be daunting or it can be fun. I don’t like being stressed so I always think of a plan to keep everyone engaged in a variety of activities that can be done without a ton of running around. To that end, I have created the following list of family holiday activities. Each activity builds family comradery as well as learning skills.

Holiday Activities Are Here

The first activity is the participation story: Why Santa Has a Beard. Be sure you do a few practices with each part!  Then read the story, and pause where the lines are to give time for the participants to say their part. Just click on the title of the story to activate the link to [...]

ASW Holiday Activities to Improve Learning Skills

Here are the Holiday Activities we did on last night’s Awaken the Scholar Within Live Call ASW Auditory XMAS Story A GREAT CHRISTMAS ASW Christmas Story There are additional tips for using the Holiday How Many Words Can You Make on the video – so you will want to see that.                                                                                             Plus I answered a […]

Break Time or Learning Time? Fun Holiday Family Activities for Kids

Break Time or Learning Time? Fun Holiday Family Activities for Kids Is it best to let my children take the whole holiday season off from learning? Bonnie Terry, America’s Leading Learning Specialist is on FOX Morning News sharing her insights and activities with you. Family Activity Book… I recall so many wonderful activities my family […]

Awaken the Scholar Within: Reading Help and Writing Help

Does your child need reading help, writing help, spelling help, or math help? Many children struggle with learning or work harder than they need to. In fact, many children work 3, 4, or even 5 times harder than they need to. I'm not just talking about children with dyslexia or an identified learning disability, or [...]

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