tips and tricks for teaching emergent readers (with free printable early reader books!) The following guest post is written by the incredibly talented (and busy!) Anna of The Measured Mom. Anna is a former classroom teacher, currently a …Read moretips and tricks for teaching emergent readers (with free printable early reader books!)
learning during read-alouds: improving fluency This is a re-post of a November 16, 2011 post because it’s totally worth revisiting. Fluency is a tricky–but totally …Read morelearning during read-alouds: improving fluency
reading, reciting, and memorizing poems For our tabletop surprise today, we rocked some major poetry. Knowing that poetry reading is sometimes less intimidating …Read morereading, reciting, and memorizing poems
nursery rhymes: powerful poems for fluency and more April is National Poetry Month! Did you know that? It is, and it’s not too late to jump in on the celebration! We have been doing …Read morenursery rhymes: powerful poems for fluency and more
5 min reading tricks for raising rockstar readers It’s here. My first eBook on reading and literacy and all that stuff I really, really love. And I’m totally psyched. 5 min reading …Read more5 min reading tricks for raising rockstar readers
mom’s homeroom: ideas, advice, videos, crazy-cool blogs I am over the moon to share some exciting news: I’ve been working with MSN and Frosted Mini-Wheats for the last few months, writing as a …Read moremom’s homeroom: ideas, advice, videos, crazy-cool blogs
learning during read-alouds: 5 things never to say to emerging readers Sometimes it’s very easy for teachers and parents to feel impatient with emerging readers. It’s hard to listen to kids sound out every …Read morelearning during read-alouds: 5 things never to say to emerging readers