Early Literacy Posts

Check out the posts below to learn about ways you can help your child become a better reader through phonemic awareness activities, phonics activities, and games.

Best Early Chapter Books to Hook Readers

by Erin | Apr 29, 2020 | Early Reading, Reading

We love our read aloud time and now that my kids are getting older and they have longer attention spans, they want to read longer books. There are so many amazing early chapter book series that are perfect for keeping them engaged and wanting to read more and more....

Best Interactive Books to Encourage Reading

by Erin | Nov 20, 2019 | Early Reading, Reading

We love all kinds of books at our house. My son especially loves any book that he can physically interact with. These interactive books are fun and allow him to play with books in different ways. This post may contain affiliate links that earn me a small commission,...

Helping Your Child Understand Nonfiction

by Erin | Mar 28, 2019 | Adolescent Readers, Early Reading, Reading, Strategies

Kids are naturally drawn to nonfiction books but sometimes reading them can be tricky for kids. Read on to learn about some of my favorite reading strategies to help kids understand nonfiction texts better.This post may contain affiliate links that earn me a small...

Developing Critical Thinking Skills and Analyzing Texts – Start Young

by Erin | Mar 26, 2019 | Adolescent Readers, Early Reading, Reading, Strategies

It is important to teach our kids to be thoughtful about the information and stories they read. Each time you read something you bring your personal experiences, thoughts, and beliefs to understand the text. This can make your reading experience very different from...

How We Practice for Spelling Tests

by Erin | Feb 6, 2019 | High Frequency Words, Spelling Strategies, Word Study and Spelling

If your child takes spelling tests, learn how to make them more effective with engaging practices that are actually fun.

There’s More Than One Way to Read a Book

by Erin | Feb 19, 2018 | Early Reading, Reading

"Can you read the words? I read the book" This may be one of my favorite questions and statements I often receive from my two year old. I love that he understands that he is reading when he pays attention to the illustrations and photographs in books. He understands...

Oh, the Stories We Tell

by Erin | Jan 17, 2018 | Early Reading, Writing, Young writers

“Tell a story Mama” EVERY. NIGHT. We now have a two story limit at bedtime because story time has made the whole bedtime routine so much longer. It could be a stalling tactic or evidence that my son really loves stories (or maybe even both). Either way, storytelling...

Making High-Frequency Word Memorization Fun

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...

10 Super Fun Phonemic Awareness Activities

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...