Left-Handed Handwriting Tips & Guide

Here in the United States we are living and learning to adapt at home, school, work, and in the community in the wake of a global pandemic. Social distancing, face masks, handwashing, cleaning, and disinfecting have become extremely important and something that we have begun to do in an almost automatic fashion.

Vocabulary refers to all the language and words that an individual can understand. Vocabulary words are used in everyday communications and focus on 4 areas: listening, speaking, reading, and writing.  

Young children learn new literacy skills through play, exploration, observation, and by listening and speaking.

I’m going to share with you my 4 best tips on how to demonstrate (or model) handwriting

If you’re a teacher, parent, or caretaker to a Pre-K child, you might be worried about what this school year means for children’s kindergarten readiness.

Throughout this pandemic, amateur and famous musicians have shared their live music via social media to entertain us.

“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.

We are all familiar with the core areas of learning: “Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic”, or more recently, the focus on the STEM and STEAM initiatives. These are meant to remind us of the basic skills that students need to be taught in school. These skills even need to be taught to the littlest learners: preschoolers! But, how much attention beyond rote counting is really given to math in preschool?