It's about time, teachers, for some phonics sorts! Do your kiddos need some practice with hard /c/, soft /c/, hard /g/, and soft /g...

After several decades of teaching first grade, I became a Reading Recovery teacher. Best. Training. Ever!!!! And, oh so, humbling. It...

Poetry is a great tool for teaching more than rhymes, rhythm, and poetic devices. It can be a vehicle for exploring a host of different l...

It's about time, teachers, for Halloween.   For your emergent readers, my original book,  What the Little Ghost Saw on Halloween...

It's about time, teachers, for an emergent reader just for the holidays.  Green Tree, Green Tree, What Do You See?  is m...

It's almost turkey time , teachers!  In response to requests by some of my wonderful followers, I have created an emergent read...

In the course of your word work, teachers, it’s now time to introduce flexibility for spelling patterns that change sounds.  To this end,...