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10 Steps to Teaching Your Child to Read

*Update: I have written a more comprehensive eBook with specific strategies you can use to teach your child to read. Get the eBook I Can Teach Teach My Child to Read: A 10-Step Guide for Parents as a PDF or Kindle version. Click here to purchase. As a former first grade teacher, teaching children to read is one of my greatest passions! But because most children don’t start actually “reading” until around 6 years old (which is upwards of the targeted age range for my ...

Sight Words are an important component to a balanced approach to literacy. Learning to recognize sight words (the most commonly used words in print) helps children to become more fluent readers. These sight word activities for kids help make the process fun and engaging! What are sight words? Here is a short excerpt from…

Little Sister has been super excited about doing activities lately. Maybe it is because we did so many pumpkin activities for our 31 Days of Pumpkin Activities series that she is having withdrawals or maybe it is because she is just at the age where she is soaking up learning like a sponge. Either…

Ivy Kids Literature-based Activity Boxes for ages 3-8

*This is a sponsored post written on behalf of Ivy Kids. All opinions are 100% mine. If you have been hanging around here for any amount of time, you have probably heard me profess my love for Ivy Kids literature-based subscription kits. Ivy Kids is simply the best…no ifs, ands, or buts about…

Big Brother typically watches 30-45 minutes of TV each day, sometimes a little more and sometimes none at all. It is a convenient distraction when I am trying to get ready in the morning or prepare dinner in the afternoons and can’t give him my undivided attention. Although I believe that hands-on experiences will ALWAYS…

5 Fun Ways to Encourage More Reading in Your Home

*This is a sponsored post on behalf of Energizer®. All opinions are 100% mine. As parents, we all know that reading should be an important part of our child’s daily routine. Not only is it a great way to bond with our children (of any age), studies have shown that 20 minutes of reading…

Learn ABC I LOVE teaching my boys the letters of the alphabet. There are sooooo many ways to make it fun and hands-on for the little people in your life. Here are a range of alphabet activities and alphabet crafts for toddlers and preschoolers we have loved doing! Alphabet Activities 1. Alphabet Squish 2. Sticker Letter Tracing…