by Erin | Dec 18, 2017 | Adventures, Games
Are we there yet? When will we be there? How much longer? Common questions heard as we travel longer distances to visit friends and family this holiday season. In an effort to keep the kids engaged (and mom and dad sane), I pack fun-filled (and educational) games the...
by Erin | Dec 18, 2017 | High Frequency Words
Did you know that approximately 100 words make up half of all the words we read and write our whole lives? To read and write fluently, your child must quickly and automatically recognize and spell the most common words. Unfortunately, the most common words are...
by Erin | Dec 14, 2017 | Reading
Reading with your child can be so beneficial for your child’s academic, social, and emotional growth. When you read with your child you open up opportunities to talk to them about their interests, thoughts, and feelings about situations, characters, and outcomes....
by Erin | Dec 14, 2017 | Word Study and Spelling
This post may contain affilitate links. Please see the disclosure for more information. Any time we can make learning playful, kids are more likely to be engaged and focused. With this engagement and focus comes deeper learning. I first learned about Making Words...
by Erin | Dec 14, 2017 | Early Reading, Phonemic Awareness
This post may contain affilitate links. Please see the disclosure for more information. As shared in a previous post, Phonemic Awareness is the ability to hear sounds that make up words see relationships between sounds change or rearrange sounds to create new words...
