My youngest is mad about bugs! She lives for finding snails in the garden, searching for worms in the compost heap whenever we visit my parents, and we’ve had more than a few slater/roly poly bugs living in a plastic bug home on our kitchen bench over the years! There’s no denying that creepy crawly […]
Free Printable Reading Log
A handy, free printable reading log. I don’t actually remember much at all about the process of learning to read. But I do know that once I could read, once that switch had been flipped in my brain, I was a reader for life and reading has been a much loved treasure to me ever […]
Literacy Spot #29: Alphabet Rocks
Given that our that our story stones are still very popular with Immy twelve months after I introduced them and her current fascination in all things alphabet, when I saw this gorgeous idea for Alphabet Rocks I knew that I wanted to add some to our playful collection of alphabet resources. So out came the […]
Learning to Read Part 3: Sight Words
This video blog is the third installment in the series identifying the important components of reading programs for early readers. Part 1 discussed the role of emergent literacy or whole language. Part 2 discussed the importance of children learning about letter sound relationships and word identification strategies. And this installment looks at the importance of […]
Learning to Read Part 2: Letter Sound Relationships
The following video blog is the second in this series discussing important components of early reading programs – letter-sound relationships. If you missed it, the first installment can be found here. For parents looking for ways to support the learning of letter sound relationships happening in the classroom, try the suggestions in these posts; Learning […]
