Welcome! Review the brief introduction video in this short lesson so that you'll have a clear understanding of the purpose and structure of the course. The next lesson shows you, parents, how to work with your children to have fun putting together a reading list in order to help our kids develop a positive attitude or mindset toward daily reading, which is key to developing strong writing skills.

Now it's time to set the stage for a positive mindset to do a little writing every day too! Here, we show you how to work with your child to create a writing journal of their very own.

Our focus here is to help you find a comfortable "nook" at home for your kids to do their daily reading and writing. We show you how to work with your children to find one where they'll enjoy spending a little quiet time every day.

Now we start to develop daily habits of reading and writing to set the foundation for your kids to be strong and confident writers. In this lesson, we show you how to begin a daily reading activity with your kids and discuss how to support them as they get used to this new routine.

Time for daily writing to begin! In this short lesson, we give you a daily writing activity to use that your kids will be able to complete in minutes. Directions include suggestions on where to draw a firm line and where you can give them complete freedom for maximum results.

In this lesson, we show you several ways to track your kids' progress and more important, celebrate their accomplishments. We also share ideas for motivating reluctant readers and writers.

For this lesson, we instruct you on how to have a simple follow up discussion with your kids that will exercise and develop their critical thinking skills.

Here we review all that you've learned and wrap up the course.