Engaging students in fun, interactive games is a great way to enhance learning and develop literacy skills. The “I’m Going on a Picnic” game is an activity that combines phonological awareness, memory … read more

The game is called “I’m Going on a Picnic…” This game is a phonological awareness exercise. It makes students think about the patterns they hear in words. This game can be us … read more

A form of handwriting containing connected letters.Lowercase letters begin at the baseline requiring less motor planning.Unique letter formations lead to fewer reversals.Letter strings are identified … read more

As with Phonics First®, in Structures®, we teach several prefixes and suffixes. In Phonics First®, we focus more on reading and spelling with the affixes, but in Structures®, we also f … read more

A teacher once emailed a fantastic question her students had raised. After reading it, I couldn’t believe I had never paid much attention to it. (Don’t you just love how observant kid … read more

Where was Scarborough's Reading Rope back when I started teaching? After going through college as an education major in the 90s, the complexities of reading, including how one learns to read and compr … read more