Head of School Leslie Moeller sits down with Grammar School Headmaster Jessica Gombert for a second time and they continue their conversation about what parents can do to get their child ready for K-Prep and Kindergarten. Are kids coming to school eager to move forward or just trying to catch up? What should parents do to help their children get ready for school? What should they not do? Is taking your child to the grocery store actually beneficial? Listen to this final episode of a two part series to find out!
Grammar School Headmaster, Jessica Gombert’s, Book and Podcast Recommendations
Books:
- Proust and The Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain by Maryanne Wolf
- Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World by Maryanne Wolf
- Uncovering the Logic of English: A Common-Sense Approach to Reading, Spelling and Literacy by Denise Eide
- Language at the Speed of Light by Mark Seidenberg
- How to Raise a Reader by Elaine K. McEwan
- Raising Kids who Can Read: What Parents and Teachers Can Do by Daniel Willingham
- Tending the Heart of Virtue: How Classic Stories Awaken a Child’s Moral Imagination by Vigen Guroian
- The Redeemed Reader: Cultivating a Child’s Discernment and Imagination Through Truth and Story by Janie Cheaney
- On Reading Well by Karen Swallow Prior
Podcasts: