While the long vacation can provide much-needed rest and relaxation, it’s important to provide proper support to keep their skills sharp and their learning on the right path to avoid losing progress. 

By engaging in learning activities that encourage literacy skill building, students can avoid summer slide, and even make gains.

Educators know that every minute of class time is precious, especially for time spent on literacy. Yet sometimes, the conversation about how to make use of those limited minutes can feel overwhelming.

In the current moment of ensuring our literacy practices are evidence-based, we can’t forget that children learn to read best when they’re having fun—when the experience is awesome. 

Students often lose the learning gains they’ve made over the school year while on summer break, studies show. The summer learning loss phenomena, unfortunately, can be one of the downfalls of a restful vacation.

Poetry—with its economy of language and endless possibilities—injected joy and agency into the process of writing about reading. 

In today's educational environment, the paraprofessional role, also known as a teacher's aide or assistant, cannot be overstated.

Read-alouds are like Triple Crown winners. In a few short minutes, they affirm student identities, nourish the class community, and nudge along a wide range of academic skills.

Join us for Ask an OT, a series dedicated to answering burning questions from educators, parents, and OTs like yours!

This week, we’re addressing how to build appropriate pencil pressure, teach cursive to children who haven’t yet mastered print, and effective ways to build hand strength.