get kids interested in language and the world: little pim twitter event, 4.29.14
Kids who know about their world will naturally care for it more too.
Little Pim is a language learning system that hopes to do more than teach your …
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how to help kids with articulation (you CAN help!)
As an educator and parent, I've always had an ear for the way my kiddos learned language, spoke, and pronounced their words.
Their …
how to develop language through play
I'm excited to share a few posts I've written that focus on developing children's language through play.
Each short article offers parents two …
new for us friday: LeapFrog Story Time Pad (& giveaway!)
This New For Us Friday, I'm totally excited about a new product from LeapFrog designed especially with younger kiddos in mind.
And I'm not at all …
national book festival and gala: what I learned
My most favorite night of the year was last Friday night: The National Book Festival Gala.
The National Book Festival is in its 11th year, and this …
target’s read with me (with iPad and children’s books giveaway!)
Many thanks for the enthusiastic response to this giveaway.
The contest is now closed, and random.org #105 was chosen, notified, and …
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 …
let’s get to the bottom of sounds
Everything that I do as a Reading Specialist, when I tutor with any student, is assessment driven. Before I begin work with anyone, I give him or her …
age-appropriate speech sounds
As a Reading Specialist and English teacher, I am always looking for ways to make learning to read fun for the students I tutor and my own little …
we need some balance here
We love the Balanced Literacy Framework. It is the type of Language Arts program we hope and pray that our children experience once they get to …
play-doh with noodles, please & thinking out loud
On this lazy, grey Sunday, Maddy requested that Play-doh be the activity of the morning. After pancakes and playtime in the living room, we pulled …