early literacy
just 1 book: author guest post–tara mcclintick (and book giveaway)
I’m so excited to share an especially interesting just 1 book guest post by a fellow educator and author, Tara McClintick. Tara shares the way that one book helped shape ...
new for us friday: magnetic poetry (and giveaway!)
I have been a huge fan of magnetic poetry, ever since my college pals and I had a set on the fridge of our off-campus house a lifetime ago. Our ...
playing turkey feathers: matching beginning sounds
Today I brought out one of my old Words Their Way favorites–Turkey Feathers. It’s a really simple game that I used with students to practice long vowel patterns, but any ...
clothespin number and letter match-up game
Always on the hunt for cool ways of sneaking in a little bit of learning for my kiddos, early this summer I found these cool Clothespin Number and Letter Match-Up ...
lowercase letter hunt and sort
Our first super crazy fall week has hit us. Hard. With double Back-to-School Nights, double tutoring, and meetings, on top of a mid-week trip to the Newseum to learn about ...
abc cards and clothespin match
Being able to simply recognize and name the letters of the alphabet is not the key to absolute reading success. However, research has proven that when children can identify letter ...
digraphs and blends: search, find, and rhyme game
It’s no secret that digraphs and blends are tough for some kiddos to enunciate and hear. These tricky, unique sounds are difficult for little mouths to create, and it’s known ...
abc hide-and-seek 2.0
September is a month of celebrations! A new school year! Two sweet cousins’ birthdays! And finally, after 41 weeks (and a day or two!), our newest family member decided to ...
what to say when kids make reading mistakes
So what should you say when a child makes mistake during reading? I’ve been asked this question so many times by my friends, by parents of students I tutor, and ...
creating word-conscious kids
A portion of this article was originally posted by me on ABC & 123 on 5/17/10. Just the way that some people will notice a kite in the sky, a ...
keeping summer reading fresh, fun, priority one
It’s true–summer can be a slippery slope of ‘un-learning’ if parents don’t play their cards right. For so many of us, it’s easy to just send the kids out back ...
