Reading

Sep 13, 20234 min read

Steps to Teach Reading: Step 4 Language Comprehension

Understanding the process of teaching reading is helpful whether you are looking to teach your child to read at home or support their...

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Sep 8, 20234 min read

Steps to Teach Reading: Step 3 Orthographic Mapping

Do you want to teach your child to read at home? Or perhaps you are looking to support the instruction taking place at school? Whatever...

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Sep 1, 20233 min read

Steps to Teach Reading: Step 2 Decoding

Teaching children decoding strategies gives them the tools they need to read words, even the words that "break the rules." Whether you...

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Aug 21, 20235 min read

Steps to Teach Reading: Step 1 Phonological Awareness

Whether you are trying to teach your child to read independently or you are trying to support your child's learning at school,...

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Jul 26, 202310 min read

The Science of Reading vs. Balanced Literacy

Recently, there has been renewed interest in a decades-long debate on how schools are teaching reading. The argument is over if schools...

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Apr 21, 20232 min read

Book Recommendation: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

I love this book! Back when I was teaching, it was one of my favorites to read - aloud. I highly recommend this book for you to read with...

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Apr 4, 20233 min read

Let's Go On a Bear Hunt! (A Fun Book Activity!)

I love this classic book and it's a great book to pair with a variety of activities! It's also very rhythmic, which is great for...

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Mar 22, 20232 min read

20 Tips for Raising Book Lovers

I love to read and I am hoping that I will share and pass on my love of reading. As a former teacher, I would argue that encouraging a...

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Mar 8, 20232 min read

Women's History Month Book Ideas

A great way to celebrate women's history month and teach your children about amazing women is to read books related to the topic with...

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Mar 1, 20233 min read

Tips for Reading to Older Children

Once your child is reading independently, you may think they don't need to be read to or that it is more beneficial for them to read on...

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Feb 22, 20232 min read

15 Tips for Reading to Preschoolers

Reading to preschoolers is so very important as we are working to build early literacy skills for our little ones and build a lover of...

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Feb 15, 20232 min read

20 Tips for Reading to an Early-Elementary-Aged Child

Reading to your child has so many benefits for children ages 0 to 14 - check out my post about all of the benefits here. From my...

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Feb 8, 20233 min read

Twenty-Five Tips for Reading to a Toddler

Toddlers generally have a short attention span and it can be hard to get them to keep still, so how do you do storytime? It can be...

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Feb 1, 20232 min read

10 Tips for Reading to Your Baby

I started reading to my little one while he was still in the NICU. There are so many benefits to reading with your child from the infant...

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Jan 25, 20233 min read

47 Reasons You Should Read with Your Child Through Age 14

We all know that reading with our children is important, but do you know why? As a former teacher, I genuinely believe that reading with...

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