Have you ever marveled at how the sway of stress in a sentence can change its entire meaning? Stress is the art of the accented syllable – an essential yet often overlooked aspect of the English l … 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

It is not uncommon for kids in the early stages of learning to read to have difficulty blending (combining sounds) and segmenting (separating) sounds. This is an early hurdle in reading development bu … read more

Phonemic Awareness is at the top of the phonological awareness continuum. Readers must be able to blend, manipulate, and delete phonemes in their heads with automaticity. Often, we hear these skills r … read more

Homework battles have plagued the educational system for over a century.  Early in the nineteenth century, many people worried homework caused undue stress on children, so homework demands were eased … read more

“In these days, it is doubtful that any child may be reasonably expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to prov … read more