Want to know another very underrepresented group in children’s books? People with learning differences. For children who are challenged with learning differences (disabilities is a term I dislike), seeing a person like yourself in a story is quite affirming. In fact, Rick Riordan said that’s why he wrote Percy Jackson for his son who, like Percy, has ADHD and […]
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Ideas to Help Your Wiggly Reader Who Can’t Sit Still
Do you have a child who needs to move? I do, too. My oldest daughter. Which means that sitting still while reading is almost impossible. Because sitting is part of reading. Usually. But maybe not sitting still. Hear me out here. If our kids need to move and that movement helps their focus and concentration, […]
How Anxiety, Sensory Processing, & Food Pickiness ALL Changed for My Kids
Did you know that developing the lower brain and midbrain is related to the movements of early childhood? And, that because of neuroplasticity, these movements can be done at any stage of life? So WHY you would want to develop these parts of your brain? Because if your lower brain (pons) and midbrain aren’t fully developed, your […]
Kids With Dyslexia Think Outside the Box
by author and mother, Dianna Hutts Aston. Benefits of Dyslexia The making of “Dream Something Big/The Story of the Watts Towers” may be the most important book I’ll ever write, and it came about in a magical way. Almost five years ago, I moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where I took my first […]