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Voiced and Unvoiced Sounds

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Let’s explore the difference between voiced and unvoiced sounds-specific to letter sounds. In this blog and video series, I’ve been comparing pairs of literacy terms to help you as you teach your learners. For example, voiced and unvoiced sounds. What are they? Does it even help to know the difference? {My answer is, “YES!” in case you were wondering.} Find…
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Buying Seeds for your Garden

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Let’s talk about buying seeds for your garden. The why? The what? The where? Now that you’ve decided what to grow and how you’ll arrange your garden, you can buy seeds based on what you’ve decided to grow. But where do you buy your seeds? That’s what today’s post is all about! *Note: This is a collaborative series between my…
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Printable Companion Planting Guide

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Today, I’m sharing a FREE Printable Companion Planting Guide as we talk about how to map out your garden. Before you work on mapping out your garden, be sure you’ve decided what you’ll grow and where your garden might go. These are both subjects earlier in this gardening series. Scroll down to see all the posts in this gardening series….
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Kinds of Garden Beds

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Let’s talk about the kinds of garden beds you can choose from as well as WHERE you should put your garden. There are a few options and you can always mix and match them. I hope this post can help you narrow down the kind of garden you want and the placement of your garden. Scroll down to see all…
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The Difference Between Phonemic Awareness and Phonics

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It’s time to dive into the Difference between Phonemic Awareness and Phonics. In this blog and video series, I am comparing pairs of literacy terms to help you as you teach your learners. For example, phonemic awareness and phonics. What exactly are they? What’s the difference between them and do they even intersect?   The following text in this blog…
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