Beyond the ABCs: Teaching Phonograms in the Early Years
The Tradition of Teaching the ABCs
“Now I know my ABCs. Next time, won’t you sing with me?”
Did the tune of the ABC song pop into your head when you read those lines? That song is so ingrained in me that simply reading those words will likely have me humming the tune for the next three days. Understandably so, as the alphabet is often among the first and most emphasized lessons we learn in our early learning years. Yes, the ABCs have long been seen as basic building blocks of reading and writing.
The Red Breve
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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.
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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?
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Word Callers: How To Stop the Guessing
I didn’t know then everything I now know about reading. It’s hard not to feel a sense of guilt when I realize how many students I might have been able to help had I known what I know now. But we can’t teach what we don’t know.
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A Mother’s Journey: Struggling Readers and the Science of Reading
I stopped torture reading with the boys and went back to reading books aloud to them…Within three months, something amazing happened: they began reading chapter books! They read The Chronicles of Narnia, Warrior, and Redwall. They loved reading! At the time I wondered, how was that possible?
Aug 8, 2022
Uncovering the Logic of English: From Memorization and Repetition to a World of Sounds
Memorizing words, guessing definitions, looking for synonyms, and watching Netflix® (with subtitles, of course) should not be the only way children or adults learn English. For me, Uncovering the Logic of English was the missing piece of a forgotten puzzle.
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Tips From A Left-Handed Mom
I am not sure why it took me so long to realize that I was literally tripping over the solution. Right in the middle of the living room floor was a magnetic drawing board.
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Engaging My Wild Child through Logic of English Foundations
He stomps around the room, growling, and gnashing his terrible teeth. He loves to tell me, with a gleam in his eye, that he is MY "wild child."...Homeschooling a child like this is not easy…[but] my child isn’t strange. He is creative, and wild, and oh so bright. He needs to be engaged, and the Foundations program does a fantastic job of doing just that.
Aug 8, 2022
3 Free Resources That Will Transform How You Teach Reading This Fall
Whether you are looking for innovative ways to introduce all the sounds of A-Z or need an accessible tool that contains R-controlled vowels, the Logic of English Free Resources are perfect for teaching phonics to anyone!