As a teacher who specializes in reading, the first thing I always try to do is empower parents. I want to give parents tools to help...

I talk about how I implement research-based strategies a lot, but how do you know if I'm not just another blogger posting all my "knowledge"

In my opinion, these last two aspects of parenting and education are the hardest because they require us to lay aside our own wants for...

Play requires risk. Play requires creativity. Play requires problem-solving skills. Play allows a learner to see and do.

I hope the last part of the title made sense, "from home at school" because parents can have an amazing role in their child's education.

This post is simply a list of places that offer opportunities for young readers to practice their sight words in a fun way and see the words

How a teacher approaches reading instruction needs to look different for early elementary-aged students versus junior high students.

Once little readers have an understanding of letters and their sounds, where they are able to identify consonant-vowel-consonant words, I

I read Elizabeth Bartholet’s attack of homeschooling on Harvard Magazines website, a day after I began writing a four-part blog series...

As parents, we are ALL in a unique position to offer our students the very best education possible. Parents are primarily responsible for

My job as a teacher who specializes in literacy is to provide learning opportunities that inspire a reader to enjoy the process of thinking

Qualities of a quality reading teacher or tutor.

I can speak to Rebecca Treiman's statement in her book, Beginning to Spell, If learning to spell were a natural by-product of learning to...

One of my clients shared Cincinnati Zoo's Home Safari daily Facebook LIVE event with me. My children LOVE it. Due to the fact that I'm...

I was speaking to one of my dearest teacher friends forced home due to the Coronavirus scare that we are currently facing as a world. She...