May 17, 2010
Early Literacy And Math Grid Games: Rainy Day
Today, on this rainy, cool, gray Monday, we rocked it with an oldie but goodie:Sunny-Rainy Grid Games. Or Rainy-Sunny Grid
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March 16, 2010
ABC Exercise Cards For Your Kids. . . Hooray!
Thank you, ABC Exercise Cards, for giving us a fun and burn-some-steam kind of activity this afternoon! After a rainy
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March 04, 2010
Help Kids With Letters B and D
As I’ve said very recently, letter reversals are quite normal for emerging readers and writers. But there’s absolutely nothing wrong
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February 25, 2010
Farm-Full Of Rich Vocabulary Words
I always cringe when I hear parents talking in baby voices and using baby words when interacting with their not-so-babyish
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February 04, 2010
President’s Day Coin Polishing
No, it’s not President’s Day. But we’re getting close. No, today was just another no-school snow day. And when I
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January 29, 2010
Easy Stained Glass Heart Craft
Valentine’s Day is almost here! You better believe that our house has been heart-happy and all fancied-up in pink and
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January 26, 2010
time to rhyme–go fish!
Lately all Maddy wants to do is read, read, read, which is fine with me. She’ll read to me, my
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January 19, 2010
Disney Dollars: Kids Earn ‘Money’ For Their Disney Trip
In early December, I received an invitation to attend a really awesome event this February– It’s an event created by
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December 03, 2009
Sight Word Memory
Several times over the last few weeks, Maddy, Owen, and I have played Sight Word Memory. It’s an easy
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October 20, 2009
Putting The Pieces Together – Story Repair
Today is the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association’s new National Day on Writing! The
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August 26, 2009
Back-To-School Books
As we all know, there are a gazillion children’s books on the market that focus on beginning a new school
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August 01, 2009
Age-Appropriate Speech Sounds
As a Reading Specialist and English teacher, I am always looking for ways to make learning to readĀ fun for the
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June 04, 2009
Counting Money
A funny thing happened to me when I dumped out all of our Relay for Life donations on Owen’s bedroom
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April 28, 2009
Owen’s Got Grip: Using Large Crayons To Help Support Tripod Grip
No joke! My boy finally found his grip! It’s taken a while, and over the last few months, I’ve
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April 22, 2009
Hello, High Frequency Words!
My little Maddy’s got the reading bug. She’s trying to read anything and everything she can, whether its the writing
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