Language arts includes reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills.
How to Teach Your Preschooler the Alphabet Through Play
Do you think it is possible for a two year old child to learn the entire alphabet- all of the letters and sounds, out of order- just through play, without…
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Tips for Teaching Kids to Write on Lined Paper!
Today, I am excited to share some great tips to help teach kids to write on lined paper! If you are like me, teaching kids to write the alphabet on…
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Help! My Child Keeps Failing AR Tests!
Hello! Today, I want to tell you a little bit about how you can help kids improve their reading comprehension in general and do better on AR (Accelerated Reader) quizzes…
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Helping Kids Conquer DIBELS!!!
Do you do DIBELS at your school? If you are a parent, does your child take DIBELS tests? DIBELS seems to be quite a mystery for many adults, both parents…
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Help! My Child Failed the DIBELS Test!
When children fail tests, parents often panic. And when children fail tests like DIBELS that parents have never even heard of and don’t understand, the feeling intensifies! I have…
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Sound Discrimination: What to Do When Children Cannot “Hear” Beginning Sounds
Every year in Kindergarten, there are always a few children in my class who struggle with sound discrimination, or the ability to “hear” and distinguish between the beginning sounds in…
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Kindergarten Reading: What Should Parents Know?
Most children are taught to read in kindergarten these days, and this is now a big surprise to many parents, who have fond memories of blocks, painting, stories, play dough,…
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Ten Simple Memory Tricks to Help Kids Learn the Alphabet
Sometimes, kids have trouble learning the alphabet. And when this happens, teachers and parents will use anything and everything to help them learn. Often, inventing a mnemonic device (also known…
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New: HeidiSongs.tv Practice Corner for Quick Sight Words Review
As teachers, we always seem to be short on time for everything. But we’ve come up with a solution for helping you review sight words quickly and efficiently: it’s our…
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Learning Phonics is Easier and Faster with Music and Movement
Learning to sound out words with phonics is a vital part of learning to read. I, (Heidi), have always thought so, but now the collection of research known as the…
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