Reading is a life-changing experience. However, it is a “biologically unnatural” process that humans have only been doing for a short time in evolutionary terms. In contrast to learning spoken language, children must be taught the English writing system and how to master the code for both reading and spelling.
Structured literacy has gained momentum over recent years and with good reason! Backed by evidence and aligned to the science of reading, structured literacy is showing promising results in reading education.
In this post, I’ll be sharing an overview of the science of reading. This content may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy to learn more about this. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard a lot about the science of reading. As a teacher and a parent, I’m pretty excited
In this post, I’ll be sharing humorous titles for teacher memoirs. This content may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy to learn more about this. I recently finished reading Teacher by Gabbie Stroud. It’s a powerful memoir of one teacher’s journey. It got me thinking about my own teaching journey and so I
In this blog post, I’ll be sharing the must-read books for Pre-K. This blog post contains some affiliate links for your convenience. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking a link on this post then I will earn a small commission but it won’t cost you a cent more. Read my full
In this post, I’ll be sharing my opinion about high-frequency words (sight words), and how children learn to read. This content may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure policy to learn more about this. My son started school a few weeks ago and, after his third day, he bounded out of his classroom, proudly
