Summer slide can be prevented, although it takes some concentrated effort on the part of parents, students, and caregivers. Help prevent the summer slide in reading with top tips for parents and students from teachers who know. "Summer reading loss refers to the decline in children's reading development that can occur during summer vacation
Ideas for Prior to Learning to Read Learning to read in Kindergarten and first grade begins with background preparation that parents can do at home, in the car, and even without using books all the time. Although we should read to children from the time they are babies, helping them learn to read text
Free School Fears Discussion Guide Countdown to Kindergarten by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Harry Bliss This post has a short book review and a free school fears discussion guide for discussing back to school. Countdown to Kindergarten is about a girl who worries excessively that she will be made fun of at
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This is our round-up post of poetry links to free resources which are mostly on site. Wherever they are found, be assured they are free. The summer-themed poetry writing pages with instruction pages and word banks printable is free at the blog post. Found poetry is a wonderful experience for a classroom, using many
This post has beginning reading phonics, word walls, and emergent readers which are all free. Frog theme free emergent reader and math bump games. One Room Schoolhouse emergent reader, free Misty the Amazing Dog, free emergent reader Free emergent readers and manuscript practice pages PDF Ph Digraph ISNs Activity Printable Free Otto the Auto
This post has links to book reviews for teachers professional development, leisure reading, and books for parenting/caring for children. Some links are to informational posts about events with an educational focus. A few are to educational videos posts, apps, or school visits. A few are on my other blog, Reminiscing Writers. Teacher and Parent
Welcome to the Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop 61! Creative Kids Culture Blog Hop #60 had a link to an interesting birch sap blog post. Who knew? The people in Latvia knew. Soon after the snow melts and the ground thaws, Latvians begin tapping for birch sap. Well, I realized we lived on 8 acres surrounded
This post has links to the free book companions for emergent through advanced readers from kindergarten to about grade six. Most are free instant downloads. Some items are in the free eMember area which is free to join by subscribing to our newsletter to receive the everybody password. Are you using a leveled book
