Camp Kodiak has always been good at boosting up kids who felt let down by the social and academic challenges of school. These were the kids who didn’t get invited …
Easing the Switch from Summer to School
Getting your child ready to go back to school at the end of the summer can be challenging at the best of times. And, after months of online learning, this …
Vlog: Find Time To Snuggle Up & Read
Reading aloud to children is an important part of their language development, even after they have learned to read. This is especially true for children with reading difficulties. So even …
Is Handwriting Important? Yes!
I am a special education resource teacher in an elementary school near Toronto. In talking to the grade 3-6 teachers that I support, there was consensus about one thing: their …
Nowhere To Hide: Why Kids with ADHD & LD Hate School and What We can Do About It (Jerome J. Schultz)
I picked up this book with a specific child in mind. One of my students at school is bright, athletic, social, and capable in so many ways, but he has …
A Parent’s Guide to IEPs – Tips From an Insider
I have been teaching special education in Ontario for almost 20 years, and I have found that too often parents are left feeling powerless in meetings about their own children …
Worried About the “Summer Slide?” – The Benefits of an Academic Program at a Summer Camp
The long summer holidays push sunshine, adventure, and time with friends and family into the spotlight in kids’ lives—a welcome change from long winters structured around school buses, homework, and …