Mason Educational Mentoring

Parent/Teacher Conferences are coming soon, so I thought it would be a good idea to go over what is expected of each child in Reading and...

National Dyslexia Awareness Month Over the years, I have heard many parents talk to school personnel about concerns that their child may...

Since the COVID-19 shutdowns, all children have struggled with learning. It was a sorry experience last Spring because the teachers...

Strategies to Help your Child with Reading May parents are struggling with school closures. Your child does not need to fall behind when...

If you ever wondered why your child learned nursery rhymes in pre-school in kindergarten, the answer is these activities teach...

If you think your child may need special education, send a certified letter to your child’s teacher and the principal requesting a...

What is Advocacy? To me, it’s a partnership. A support person with an extremely diverse knowledge of all things Special Ed/IEP. My...

Please come to this presentation to get tips and strategies to get your child help at school!

One area of reading instruction that is not talked about much is vocabulary. However, vocabulary instruction is one of the key components...

What is an IEP? An IEP is an Individualized Education Program. It is a legal document. Law requires the schools to follow it. It is...

For the next few weeks, I will do a quick review of the components of good reading instruction. This week, I’m focusing on phonics....

For the next few weeks, I will do a quick review of the components of good reading instruction. This week, I’m focusing on phonics....

If you have read my notes in the IEP Education Binder, you know that I recommend that you have two to three IEP meetings a year. I can...

Recent research shows that teachers buy $500 worth of materials for the students on average every year. To many people, that does not...

Wondering what to do about summer learning loss?

The easy way to understand your child's IEP.

Lately, I have found that a lot of children are having difficulty with handwriting. It seems that teachers are just not focusing on...

I am doing a presentation on Homework Strategies and Techniques tomorrow (February 28) at 6:30. I thought I would put up the content of...

When your child is struggling in school, it can be difficult to find the help your child needs. You could skip these steps, and get...

Because it is Specific Learning Disabilities (SLD) month, I thought that I would review what SLD are in educational terms. In a nutshell,...