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For Parents: School & Learning

How does a child actually learn to read, tell time or master the times tables — and what can you do at home without turning the kitchen table into a classroom? Short, practical articles written with a teacher's eye. 117 articles and counting.

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School Life & Milestones — articles for parents and teachers

School Life & Milestones

What kids learn in each grade, kindergarten readiness, homework routines, report cards and everything else that comes with school life.

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Reading & Writing — articles for parents and teachers

Reading & Writing

How children learn to read and write: phonics, sight words, spelling, handwriting and the jump from picture books to chapter books.

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Math, Time & Money — articles for parents and teachers

Math, Time & Money

From counting to times tables: telling time, money skills, math facts fluency and practicing at home without a battle.

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Girl sitting on a school library rug reading aloud from a picture book to a golden retriever lying beside her Reading & Writing

Reading fluency: why speed and expression matter more than you'd think

6 min read Oct 26, 2026
Girl in pajamas reading in bed at night with a stack of matching chapter books on the nightstand under a lamp Reading & Writing

Series books: why reading 40 Magic Tree Houses in a row is fine

5 min read Oct 25, 2026
Boy in a green jacket standing alone at the edge of the school blacktop at recess while other kids play further off School Life & Milestones

When your child's best friend moves away

7 min read Oct 24, 2026
Parent crouching on a front porch step to adjust a five-year-old's backpack, school bus down the street School Life & Milestones

Kindergarten, transitional kindergarten or one more year of preschool?

7 min read Oct 23, 2026
Boy reading a long grocery receipt at the checkout while his dad loads bags into the cart Math, Time & Money

Decimals and money: the easiest way into tenths and hundredths

6 min read Oct 22, 2026
Dad and his six-year-old on the edge of a bed with an open picture book, the girl pointing at a word on the page Reading & Writing

'Sound it out' isn't always the answer: what to say when they're stuck on a word

6 min read Oct 21, 2026
Kindergarteners in homemade costumes walking a school hallway past cubbies during the Halloween parade, teacher alongside School Life & Milestones

Halloween at school: costume rules, the parade and the kid who hates it all

6 min read Oct 20, 2026
Second grader writing with her left hand at a classroom table, her paper tilted with the top-right corner raised Reading & Writing

Left-handed writers: what to watch, what to ignore

7 min read Oct 19, 2026
Child's hands filling a yellow pattern-block hexagon with green triangles and blue rhombuses on a kitchen table Math, Time & Money

Geometry in elementary school: shapes, angles and why the pattern blocks matter

7 min read Oct 18, 2026
Two siblings buckled in the back seat of an SUV on the school run, the older one counting on her fingers Math, Time & Money

Math fact games for the car: no materials, no screens

6 min read Oct 17, 2026
Close-up of a child's hand practicing rows of connected cursive loops in pencil on lined handwriting paper Reading & Writing

Cursive: does anyone still teach it, and does it matter?

6 min read Oct 16, 2026
Girl on porch steps writing a card with a purple marker while her mother sits a step above with a mug Reading & Writing

Reversed letters: when b and d confusion is normal (and when to mention it)

6 min read Oct 15, 2026

Articles written the way a teacher talks

Behind almost every school question sits the same parent worry: is my child on track, and how do I help at home? These articles answer those questions the way a teacher would at pickup — short, concrete and without jargon. They're written by two sisters, Emily (former K–2 teacher) and Samantha (upper-elementary math tutor and mom of two), who started Mokifun as a side project and never quite stopped.

You'll find guides on how children learn to read and write, how math skills build from counting to times tables, and the everyday side of school life: homework routines, report cards, parent-teacher conferences and the summer slide. Browse by topic above, or start with the newest pieces.