April showers bring May flowers, but this fun activity does not need to be saved for a rainy day!Materials Needed: Poster paper Crayons Black permanent sharpie marker You may also want another col … read more

As we await the birth of our great-niece, I am feeling all the warm fuzzies and nostalgia of a Momma Bear. My now-grown daughters, my husband, and I all picked our favorite children’s books for baby B … read more

Hi Parents! If you’re reading this, your child receives phonics instruction using a program called Phonics First®. As we all adapt to virtual classrooms, your help with Phonics First® will be very im … read more

My husband and I have been blessed with four children: two sons (ages 21 and 18) and two daughters (16 and 13). All of our children have experienced public, private, and home school. For the last 21 y … read more

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of reading where you have to stop and ask, wait, what did I just read? I know I struggled with this as an adolescent and even sometimes as an adult, especial … read more

Learning to read and write in English is not easy. The 44 phonemes (sounds) in the English language are represented by 26 letters. More than 200 different letter combinat … read more