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The school year starts, routines shift — and suddenly something that felt easy all summer turns into a nightly battle. Reading time. What happened? The kids who were reading smoothly now drag their feet. Family read-alouds feel rushed. And those few minutes of independent reading? Start to feel like you’re gearing up for battle every…
Ever sit staring at an email draft to your child’s teacher… rewriting it for the tenth time before hitting send? 🙋♀️ Been there. It’s funny — I can be a total chatty Cathy once I’m comfortable, but when it comes to those first exchanges with a teacher, I overthink everything. Add the weight of talking…
Ever hear your child say, “I’m just not a good reader” or “I can’t read”?Those words sting—and I’ve heard them in my house too. Take Hunter, for example. There have been nights he’s started with that exact phrase, convinced he couldn’t do it. But then, if I offered to read aloud, something shifted. He’d slowly…
Ever feel like you’re doing all the right things when it comes to reading—but your kid still resists, melts down, or shuts off? Helping kids build a healthy relationship with reading can feel surprisingly tricky—especially when we’re exhausted, worried, or just trying to stay afloat. Sometimes, the things we try with the best intentions don’t…
Because not every reading struggle looks like a sticker chart or library log. Somewhere between the melted popsicles, unraveled routines, and beach-day chaos, that once-promising summer reading plan may have taken a nosedive. If reading in your house has slowly shifted from “we’ve got this” to “wait…when’s the last time we even picked up a…
Ever sit down to read with your child only to have them lose interest five pages in? Suddenly they’re thirsty, too tired, or desperately need to tell you something right now? If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone—and your child isn’t just being stubborn or lazy. They may just be struggling with reading stamina. Here’s…
Just because your child starts school, it doesn’t mean their early literacy journey is complete. In fact, it’s just getting started. Once they enter kindergarten and beyond, all those early building blocks—like sound awareness, vocabulary, and letters—begin coming together to form real reading skills. This stage is where kids move from learning to read to…
Ever feel like you’re supposed to be doing more to help your little one on their journey to become a reader—but you’re not even sure what that looks like or where to begin? Here’s the good news: so much of their early literacy building actually begins long before they say their first word or learns…
When Reading Feels Like a Chore Understanding Reluctant Readers Your child hides the book under the couch. Or sighs the second you mention story time. Maybe you’ve tried rewards, reminders, even reading side-by-side—only to be met with groans or eye rolls. Sound familiar? You’re not alone. Many parents dream of raising kids who get lost…
