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Dear Gaila - Why Should I Take My Child to the Library? (Part I)
Dear Gaila, I want my children to practice reading and therefore, obviously, I want them to take books out of the library. However, to be...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Our Pick of Books for Emergent Readers
Dear Gaila, My daughter has just started first grade. Last year she learned the basics of reading in Kindergarten. You've told us that...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Adjusting to the School Year
Dear Gaila, My daughter has just started third grade. Summer vacation was challenging, fun and a little crazy. Now that we are back in...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Being a Stranger
Well, I'm back in Israel and like I told you last time, I've learnt a lot from my trip to Russia. Recently, I spent seven days being a...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - On the Importance of Knowing English
I want to share with you a story that happened to me last week that clarified, once more, why knowing English is so important in this day...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Getting my child to read
Dear Gaila, What is the best way I can help my child improve his English reading? One of Many Mothers... Dear Mother, I have said it once...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Benefits of Bilingualism
Dear Gaila, My 3 year old son will be starting nursery school next month. When his teacher heard that he was bilingual, she was not...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Summer Projects to do with Children that Encourage Reading (Part IV)
Throughout the past month, I shared with you fun, free summer activity that will get your kids reading, encourage spelling, grammar,...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Summer Projects to do with Children that Encourage Writing (Part III)
In the past few weeks I shared with you fun, free summer activity that will get your kids reading. and encourage spelling, grammar,...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Summer Projects to do with Children that Encourage Spelling, Reading, Grammar and Phone
Last week I shared with you a fun, free summer activity that will get your kids reading. This week I'll share a spelling/reading/grammar...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Summer Projects to do with Children that Encourage Reading Part I
Dear Gaila, Summer is around the corner. Since I'm off with them anyway, I'd like to take advantage of the vacation and encourage their...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Letter Order for Teaching Reading & Writing
Dear Gaila, Is there a certain order you suggest to use when teaching phonics? Do you have a recommended letter order? Thank you, Fellow...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Academic Fair 2016
This week, in lieu of a Dear Gaila column, I'm going to share with you the details of this year's Academic Fair. A.H.A.V.A.'s Academic...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Easy ways to improve a grandchild's reading (Part II)
Last week I started answering this grandmother's concern: Dear Gaila, My grandchildren live in Israel and are second generation Israelis....
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Easy ways to improve a grandchild's reading (Part I)
Dear Gaila, My grandchildren live in Israel and are second generation Israelis. Their English is abominable. Their reading and writing...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Dear Gaila - Learning to Read with Dyslexia, part IV
For more tips & tricks for teaching reading to children with dyslexia see Part I, Part II and Part III Dear Gaila, After years of having...
Nov 17, 20222 min read
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