Fun Ways to Build Kinesthetic Awareness: Unlocking the Power of Kinesthetic Awareness in Phonemic Sensitivity
Are you looking for engaging ways to build kinesthetic awareness of sounds in learners? Here are a few fun activities to foster kinesthetic awareness of sounds, empowering learners to distinguish and produce sounds correctly and confidently.
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Mar 12, 2024
Misconceptions About the English Language: How We Can Provide a More Complete Picture
Learning a more complete set of basic phonograms and learning accurate spelling rules is the most efficient route to mastering English. Instead of leaving so many exceptions, we have the tools to decode 98% of English words.
Dec 27, 2023
Beyond the Drill: Fun and Creative Phonogram Practice at Home
Whether you are teaching your child from home or supporting classroom instruction, consistent practice with a playful approach can be a highly effective way for students to internalize phonogram knowledge that allows them to fully unlock the written English language.
Oct 20, 2023
What is the Science of Reading?
The Science of Reading is a body of research that has been gathered for decades that sheds light on how people learn to read. This research focuses on the whys and hows of reading in the brain and how pathways are formed in the brain for fluent, successful reading.
Jun 15, 2023
The Science of Reading and Early Childhood Literacy: Using Play and Games To Inspire Confidence and Curiosity
Early childhood is also an ideal time to introduce children to early decoding skills: phonemic awareness and systematic phonics. The goal is to spark their curiosity about written words, build a connection that all words are made up of sounds, develop an understanding that the letters on the page represent sounds and build their confidence that they will be able to decode the words to create meaning.
May 11, 2023
How To Guide a Summer Reading Camp Using the Essentials Reader
The phonograms and spelling rules will make a huge difference in students' ability to read and spell but if you approach it through fun and with doable expectations, you will also help students rebuild their self-confidence and hopefully reignite their love for reading and writing as well!
Feb 2, 2023
Response to Sold a Story: A Designer’s Perspective
Creating change doesn’t come from the outside in or the top down. Real change is made by truly adapting from the inside out. I feel so fortunate to work for a company comprised of passionate individuals striving to support accuracy and equity in reading education.
Dec 22, 2022
A Response to Sold a Story: Explaining Away the Evidence
Listening to Sold a Story, I have never been more hopeful; hopeful about our mission to equip every teacher and parent with this information; hopeful that we can move from talking about the research to implementing the research.
Dec 22, 2022
A Response to Sold a Story: Baubled Bangled Christmas Tree
I believe that when every parent and teacher can answer their students’ questions about words, we will see a dramatic change in literacy rates.
Sep 29, 2022
Ingrid’s Art: Where Any Child Can Feel Represented
She desires that when a child opens one of the books she has illustrated, they see themselves there. “A book where any child feels represented,” said Ingrid,...
Sep 8, 2022
An Effective Reading Strategy That Helped Me Learn to Read in Another Language
Even though my parents were not trained as reading teachers, their dedication and support taught me the skills needed to read in Spanish and later in English.
Aug 25, 2022
Five Phonics Myths
Phonics: A seven-letter word that can cause a ruckus in any room. Despite billions of dollars in reading research, this simple word has been at the center of an educational debate and a great deal of confusion. Much of this confusion is due to the persistence of five myths about phonics.
Aug 9, 2022
Let's GROW Emerging Reading Skills Over the Summer!
We know from research that when the brain is active and engaged while learning, learning moves to long-term memory, and it sticks. Why not take some time on the sunshiney summer days to review reading skills in a fun and active way and thus grow strong reading branches?