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Teaching Tips
What is Transitional Kindergarten?
By Megan Parker
What is Transitional Kindergarten?
Ask the Experts
By Mark Putney
1 minute
Ask the Experts
By Cheryl Lundy Swift
4 mins
Teaching Tips
I’m going to share with you my 4 best tips on how to demonstrate (or model) handwriting
By LWT staff
7 minutes
Summer, Teaching Tips, Home Connection
By Zoë Maurer
5 mins
Ask the Experts
By Mark Putney
2 mins
Multisensory Learning
By Cheryl Lundy Swift
5 mins
Ask the Experts
“Phonological awareness,” “phonemic awareness,” and “phonics,” are literacy terms we often hear used simultaneously, and maybe even interchangeably! However, as we work with children, helping them to develop a strong foundation of literacy and language skills, we must realize the important distinction between these terms.
By Paula Heinricher
8 min
Home Connection
By Hope McCarroll
6 Ways to Promote Independent Play in Your Child