easy peazy print referencing
As I’ve said before, little ones can learn important reading strategies even before they’re decoding the text by themselves. All they …
reading
action action 1, 2, 3 get kids moving, writing, thinking
Owen was nutty today.
I honestly think he had enough energy this afternoon to run a marathon. Except that it was raining. Again. And he and Cora were …
let’s eat. . . and read
As Maddy learns more reading strategies and picks up new words each day, it’s been awesome to watch her unlock the world of words around …
putting the pieces together–story repair
Today is the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association’s new National Day on Writing!
The National Day …
new for us friday–disney digital books
One evening during this otherwise crazy week, I was able to sneak out to the city for a chat with some super-cool people from Digital Media at Disney …
tutor me happy
Maddy has been really adamant about me “tutoring” her, so for the last few weeks, I’ve been trying to do a little more …
back-to-school books
As we all know, there are a gazillion children’s books on the market that focus on beginning a new school year.
While looking at the library …
w-w-w- wordo!
Tonight we played a game before bed that focused on Sight Words. It is a bingo game–which Maddy and Owen totally heart in the first …
poem reading, rhyme writing
Today we did some of Maddy’s “Kindergarten Work” from her summertime calendar. Lucky for us, we were able to use some of our most …
buggy kindergarten calendar
Back in May when we attended Maddy’s Kindergarten Orientation, we were given this awesome calendar of activities to carry us through the summer …
travel bingo
Maddy, Owen, Cora, and I have been in Pennsylvania for the last few days so that I could say goodbye to the father of one of my best friends while my …
shopping lists for three tiny shoppers
It’s been a busy week to say the least. With the normal end-of-the-year tutoring rush, the consulting work I’m doing for a charter school …
we’re reading. . .
Holy moly, we’re on the road to reading–and it’s nuts. I’ve been working with all levels of readers for so many years now, …
hello, high frequency words!
My little Maddy’s got the reading bug. She’s trying to read anything and everything she can, whether its the writing on our snack boxes, …
every picture tells a story
The Gardener, by Sarah Stewart and illustrations by David Small, is honestly one of the most beautiful children’s books I have …
let’s read, baby, read!
March is National Reading Month, since March 2 marks the birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel was born on March 2, 1904).
I am an admitted not-so-big …
road trip full o’ fun
I traveled yesterday, so I needed some big-time engaging activities for Maddy, Owen, and Cora while I drove. We (gulp!) don’t have a DVD player …
a good-night book walk
Tonight when I returned from tutoring, I went up to say goodnight to Maddy, and she was drowsily looking at a few of the million books …
monkey business at breakfast time
Whoops! I thought I had a two-post Wednesday but it appears I never officially sent this:
Newspaper Reading: Today at breakfast when we were glancing …
today we were salad people
Today we tried a recipe from a book that was recently recommended to me by a friend after I shared our last muffin-making extravaganza and my desire …