by Alissa | Jul 11, 2018 | activities for kids, Alissa McClure blog, educational activities for kids, giveaway, giveaway, reading activities for kids, reading with kids
One of the things we talk about a lot here is the importance of reading with your kids. Once a month I add a new article to a series called Reading with Kids. Today I want to share a new fun summer tradition we started last year. We held our second annual Summer...
by Alissa | Jun 20, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, reading with kids
In the past we have focused our Reading with Kids discussions primarily on how to read with young children. I have shared experiences with my own younger children and emphasized the importance of reading for at least 10 minutes each day. Today I want to remind you...
by Alissa | May 23, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, reading activities for kids, reading with kids
Comprehension, Comprehension, Comprehension With summertime fast approaching and my mind shifting from after school routines to summer routines, I want to examine a very important aspect of reading: comprehension. There is a very important difference between...
by Alissa | Apr 18, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, reading with kids, Writing
“My daughter wants to be a writer when she grows up. What do you recommend?” As a writer, I regularly get comments like this (If you have emailed me or said this to me in person, don’t feel bad! I’m not complaining about it, I promise!). Today,...
by Alissa | Mar 21, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, educational activities for kids, reading activities for kids, reading with kids
Through the past months in this series, we have established why reading with our kids is important. We have even discussed some ideas for how to help encourage reluctant readers. Today we are going to talk about HOW. I know you can read: you’re reading this...
by Alissa | Feb 21, 2018 | Alissa McClure blog, reading with kids, recommendations
I was recently talking with a mom friend as we were waiting for our kids to be released from school at the end of the day. She was telling me how her son hates to read. She said he only wants to read picture books, but his teacher (her son is in the same third grade...
