What I Wish Every Parent Knew Before Kindergarten BeginsNew!!
September 5, 2026
Every August, I get the same nervous question from parents in one form or another: is my child ready? They usually mean academically — do they know their letters, can they count, can they write their name. Those things matter, but after enough first days of school, I've come to believe they're not the things […]
When a Child Writes Their Name Backwards, Start HereNew!!
September 5, 2026
The first time a parent shows me a paper with a backwards "S" in their child's name, they're usually apologizing for it. They slide it across the table like evidence of something gone wrong, and they want to know what they did — or didn't do. Almost always, the answer is: nothing. This is normal. […]