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...

Prioritize reading. With the exception of some math - history, science, writing, grammar are important because those subjects are reading...

Boost your student's academics this summer!

My little Ele, from the time she was mobile (she was walking by ten months) never wanted to sit still long enough to read a book. She...

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"

It's super simple, but it's discouraging how many parents actually follow through with it.

Consider the similarities between reading and math skills to exercise. What happens when you stop for a considerable amount of time? Those g

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

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

It is important to know words by sight because readers are able to spend less time on automatic word recognition and more time on understand

Sight words are the words that a reader should identify by sight. High-Frequency words are the words that appear most often in literature.

Qualities of a quality reading teacher or tutor.

Implementing best research-based practices into spelling instruction every day of the week.

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...

During the month of February, we read about President Lincoln. It was his birthday month and Presidents Day month, so I pulled out our...

When I created a grammar unit to establish a solid grammar foundation for my little grammarian, I included a section in the student...