39 FUN ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day
39 FUN ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day St. Patrick’s Day is a fun and exciting holiday that children of …
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Successive blending: how to blend sounds together It can definitely be frustrating when we’re reading with kids and they are …
Heart Words: the secret sauce to irregular words
Heart Words: The secret Sauce to Tricky words! Hands up if you have been sent home with a list of …
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Why are reading levels no longer necessary?
When it comes to early literacy skills, the question is: Where do we start? What type of books are best? …
Why knowing 6 types of Syllables will be a Game Changer for Reading and Writing
Why knowing 6 types of Syllables will be a Game Changer for Reading and Writing I keep getting this question …
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Long Vowel Activities
10 long vowel activities and long vowel sounds worksheets that will help build phonological awareness and phonics.
Fun Reading Activities for those not-so excited readers!
So more and more I have been getting questions about what you can do to help a child who thinks …
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The C or K rule: Which is it?
The best part about the English language, is that there is often a rule (or generalization) for most words. One …
Why word mapping will change how kids read!
Orthographic mapping helps kid from seeing letter to learning their sounds (phonemic awareness) to sounding out those letters (phonemes) to saying/hearing the word!
5 CVC Word Activities that will help improve kids reading!
CVC word activities, or otherwise knows as middle sound activities, help kids make the transition between learning that each letter …
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