Blog

• Preschool—Learning Math
• Academic Achievement For All—When Are Children Ready to Learn?
• Thanksgiving Turkey Art
• Preschool—Learning ABC’s
• Beginning Preschool—Learning Numbers
• Beginning Preschool—Learning Shapes
• Beginning Preschool—Learning Colors
• Back to School – Make Your Own ABC Book!
• Can Your Students Comprehend Texts That They Cannot Read?
• Common Core and Reading Assignments—What Are We Missing Here?
• Learning to Talk and Learning to Read – Part 2
• Learning to Talk & Learning to Read – Part 1
• Teaching Children to Share
• Beginning to Write – Journal Prompts
• Beginning to Write – Using Pictures to Tell a Story
• Beginning to Write – Observe, Think, and Describe
• Winter Art and Descriptive Writing
• Teaching Children and Working Together
• How Important is it for Children to Have Time for Independent Play?
• Five Ways to Help Children Do Their Chores and Homework
• Helping Students Think About Descriptive Writing
• When Students Can’t Think of Anything to Write About
• Beginning Readers & Learning to Write
• Handwriting – When Should You Teach Your Child How to Print?
• How to Learn
• Teach Every Child to Read
• What to Do When It Snows?
• Make Your Own Magnetic Letter Tiles
• Happy Thanksgiving!
• Is Reading Achievement Improving?
• Is Your Child a Good Reader or a Poor Reader?
• The Brain – Processing Patterns and Learning to Read
• Emotions and Learning
• Habits of Mind and the Brain
• How the Brain Works
• This is Your Brain on Reading!
• Dyslexia—What Is It and What Can We Do About It?
• Reading for Pleasure
• Sound Bytes Reading: Top Ten Blogs in 2013—Part 2
• Sound Bytes Reading: Top Ten Blogs in 2013—Part 1
• Art Projects in August—Free Family Fun—Part 2
• An Art Project in August—Free Family Fun—Part 1
• Why Is Reading So Difficult For My Child?
• Teaching Your Child to Read – Get a Head Start Right Now
• You Can Teach Your Struggling Child to Read – Now!
• 12 Great Activities to Help Prepare Young Children for School
• Preparing to Learn—Helping Children Get Organized
• Preparing to Learn—Teach Children How to Clean Up
• Preparing Young Children to Learn
• Diagnosing Children with Reading Problems – Part 5
• Diagnosing Children with Reading Problems – Part 4
• Diagnosing Children with Reading Problems – Part 3
• Diagnosing Children with Reading Problems – Part 2
• Diagnosing Children with Reading Problems
• Learning to Write – Teaching Grammar – Adverbs
• Learning to Write – Teaching Grammar – Adjectives
• Learning to Write – Teaching Grammar – Nouns
• Learning to Write – Teaching Grammar – Verbs
• Reading Aloud Can Help Develop Your Child’s Vocabulary
• Should You Continue to Read Aloud to School Age Children?
• Top 10 Favorite Books to Read Aloud To Your Preschoolers
• Top 10 Board Books for Toddlers
• Reading Aloud to Children—Inspiring a Desire to Read
• Featured Book—Creature Count: A Prehistoric Rhyme
• Five Spelling Tips for Teaching Beginning Readers
• Spelling for Beginning Readers – Part 3
• Spelling for Beginning Readers – Part 2
• Spelling for Beginning Readers – Part 1
• All Students Reading at Grade Level by the End of Third Grade?
• Beginning Reading and Learning Handwriting – Part 2
• Beginning Reading and Learning Handwriting – Part 1
• Developing Skills–Do I Have to Color Inside the Lines?
• Pre-Writing Skills for Preschoolers – Drawing Stick People
• Pre-Writing Skills for Preschoolers – Drawing With Shapes
• Phonetic Analysis of Fry’s 25 Most Common Sight Words
• Should You Teach Sight Words to Your Beginning Readers? Part 2
• Should You Teach Sight Words to Your Beginning Readers? Part 1
• From Phonics Instruction to Reading Words—Bridging the Gap
• You Can Teach Your Child To Read! Week 10
• You Can Teach Your Child To Read! Week 9
• You Can Teach Your Child To Read! Week 8
• You Can Teach Your Child To Read! Week 7
• You Can Teach Your Child To Read! Week 6
• You Can Teach Your Child To Read! Week 5
• You Can Teach Your Child To Read! Week 4
• You Can Teach Your Child To Read! Week 3
• You Can Teach Your Child To Read! Week 2
• You Can Teach Your Child To Read! Week 1
• Different Types of Phonics—What Are They?
• How Does Memory Affect Learning To Read and Teaching Reading?
• Does It Matter How We Teach Kids To Read? — Part 3
• Does It Matter How We Teach Kids To Read? — Part 2
• Does It Matter How We Teach Kids To Read?
• 5 Reasons Why It’s Important to Read Aloud to Your Children
• Free Preschool Activity – Matching Shapes
• Learning To Read – Discerning Differences in Shapes of Letters
• Free Preschool Activity – Color & Shape Matching Game
• Getting Ready to Read – Five Great Pre-School Activities
• Learning to Talk / Learning to Read – Part 2
• Learning to Talk / Learning to Read – Part 1
• Is Vocabulary Instruction Important for Beginning Readers?
• Teaching Beginning Reading – Reading Comprehension
• Teaching Reading – Fluency Instruction for Beginning Readers
• How Do I Teach Phonics to Beginning Readers?
• Phonemic Awareness Exercises
• Phonemic Awareness—How Do I Teach It?
• What Is A Good Reading Program—How Should We Teach Reading?
• Why Is Learning to Read So Difficult? A Bit of History