Jennifer Widemire SmithOct 30, 20196 min readRight-vs-Left, -vs-Wrong, -vs-Car... In the midst of exercising patience as my kids pushed my nerves to the edge and beyond I realized I was up against the big D once again...
Jennifer Widemire SmithAug 26, 201916 min readThe Journey of Learning Part Two: Way of the Warrior KidThird Grade. The dreaded grade of nearly every parent of dyslexic kids. The grade where learning to read ceases and reading to learn...
Jennifer Widemire SmithMay 24, 20196 min readThe Memorization Hack“Landon, I want you to do this assignment.” I handed him his black history month project sheet. He read the requirements, his mouth...
Jennifer Widemire SmithMay 24, 201910 min readThe Journey of Learning Part OneDyslexia Does Not Limit Ability On Landon's first field trip day In kindergarten Mrs C told the class "Get out your notebooks. Write a...
Jennifer Widemire SmithMay 26, 20189 min readThe Only Easy Day Was YesterdayAt the beginning of the school year, Landon’s second grade teacher asked the class to write down three sentences about themselves. I was...
Jennifer Widemire SmithMar 18, 201811 min readBaseball, Pink, & The MidlineDuring the baseball fall season we enrolled Lyla to play. Fall ball typically has a different set of kids, the season is shorter, more...
Jennifer Widemire SmithJan 6, 20184 min readThis is Brave This is BruisedThis week I started thinking and planning how to transition my dyslexic kids from Christmas break to school routine again before that...
Jennifer Widemire SmithJan 6, 20183 min readFrom One Dyslexic Warrior To Another...Since Thanksgiving Landon has struggled more than usual. He’s had meltdown after meltdown after meltdown at school as the testing...
Jennifer Widemire SmithJan 6, 20183 min readOnce Upon A Time, A Little Girl Made A Wish To Read...There once was a little girl who loved books. Everywhere she went she took a book with her. Even when she went to sleep her books slept...
Jennifer Widemire SmithJan 5, 20185 min readHis Land Has Many Giants What does a seven year old know of good sportsmanship? When Landon started baseball he was so excited. His daddy would be his coach. His...