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6 Ways to Use Poetry with Kids

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Did you know that April is National Poetry Month? What a fun thing to celebrate (not just in April, but all year)! Poetry is one of my favorite teaching tools for all readers, but especially reluctant and struggling readers. There are SO many ways to use poetry with kids, but I want to highlight just six. *This post contains affiliate…
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The Early Stages of Writing Development

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Teaching kids to read and write is a developmental process. As we teach them strategies along the way, they develop and grow in their knowledge of how words work. As this knowledge is applied to their reading and writing, they progress in their abilities as well. All kids develop at their own rate. No two kids do it exactly the…
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Hands-On Spelling Tools (from Teaching Kids to Spell)

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Below you will find the hands-on spelling tools, manipulatives, and products I recommend from my book, Teaching Kids to Spell. Please note that this post contains affiliate links. No-Mess Writing Products for Beginning Spellers For the youngest of spellers, my favorite products are no-mess products. (My older kids love them. too!) I want to encourage my toddlers and young preschoolers…
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15 Spring Break Boredom Busters {and New After School Link Up}

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We are on Spring Break this week. And while I love the extra time with my kids, not being on our regular schedule can create a little chaos at times. It helps to have a few tricks up my sleeve for those moments when I think I’m going to lose my sanity…a few spring break boredom busters, if you may….
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Reading Two-Syllable Words with Easter Eggs {free printable included}

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This past week, ALuv (currently 2nd grade) has patiently watched me as I used Easter eggs with his younger siblings as we matched colors and worked on beginning letter sounds. He asked me if he could use Easter eggs for his schoolwork, too. So I quickly came up with how I could integrate reading two-syllable words (a skill he has…
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