By Brenda, on July 28th, 2010
Take advantage of the last few weeks of summer before school begins and start building some good routines now.
Start by identifying the behavior that most negatively impacts the school year. Are they continually late? Forgetting things or losing them?
Once you have a problem identified, you can begin to help your child solve it. . . . → Read More: Build Routines Now
By Brenda, on July 27th, 2010
Here in the US, it’s almost time for kids to go back to school. Two of my three(all in college) start at the end of next month and the third starts in September.
It seems that parents always look forward to both summer vacation and the start of school. When the summer begins, we’re all anxious . . . → Read More: A Head Start on Back to School
By Brenda, on July 1st, 2010
“Summertime and the living is easy….”
Those are the opening lyrics to George Gershwin’s song “Summertime”.
Mr. Gershwin was right; summertime living is pretty easy. The weather is nice, the kids are off from school, and the days are longer. My favorite thing about summertime is grilling, because I get a break from cooking and washing the . . . → Read More: ADHD Kids in the Summertime