Articles

(Originally published in Big Apple Parent Magazine, January 2006)

taking the iseeThe process of applying to independent schools often creates a whirlwind of emotions for prospective students. Will I like my new school environment? Will I meet new friends? Will I be able to manage my new homework and test demands? And, most importantly, Will I even get in?

(Originally published in Parent Guide Magazine, March 2006)

Does your child’s backpack look like the bottom of a dirty trash can? Does he conveniently “forget” to write down or complete homework assignments? Or, better yet, does he complete his assignments and accidentally forget to turn them in the next day?

(Originally published in Dyslexia Discourse, Spring 2006)

New York City learning specialist Emily Levy has developed this set of fifteen workbooks, best for late elementary and middle school students in need of highly structured training in reading comprehension, organizing ideas, and writing. They are structured on sound principles to support student mastery: integration of the same techniques throughout the various workbooks, and the opportunity students to work through many examples of each skill.

(Originally published in Big Apple Parent Magazine, September 2006)

Has your child ever come home with a blank page of class notes? Has he complained of not being able to listen in class and jot down information fast enough? Has she ever missed important facts from a teacher’s lecture? If so, then your child may be in need of some tools for listening and taking well-written notes.