by janandkari | May 13, 2022 | Blog
Last week we offered seven ways to use our “Decodable Lists and Sentences” to supplement and support your phonics instruction. Based on the positive response from readers, we decided to add one more way to use these collections. Today’s idea is focused...
by janandkari | May 6, 2022 | Blog
Last week, we introduced you to our two sets of decodable word lists, and we even suggested you might want to organize them in a binder for easy access. And today, we share seven simple and practical ideas for using these two collections of word lists and sentences....
by janandkari | Apr 30, 2022 | Blog
Maybe you already knew about our Decodable Word Lists and Sentences. Maybe you didn’t. Maybe you saw the lists and weren’t sure what to do with them. Whatever the case, we want to offer seven simple ways to use these resources to enhance your phonics instruction and...
by janandkari | Apr 23, 2022 | Blog
In Chapter 1 of Shifting the Balance, we untangle a widespread misunderstanding about reading comprehension. It is “Misunderstanding 4” in the chapter that is about language comprehension. Misunderstanding 4 goes like this, “Successful comprehension in beginning...
by janandkari | Apr 9, 2022 | Blog
We didn’t know this word a few weeks ago. But since we first became aware of it, we seem to be noticing it more and more. Maybe it’s because we’re immersed in thinking about children’s language development these days. Maybe it’s because we’re thinking a lot about...
by janandkari | Mar 4, 2022 | Blog, Video
We’ve been thinking lately about the opposing tensions in our lives and the ways these tensions often leave us longing for a perfect balance. The idea that our lives will be in perfect balance is, of course, absurd. Nevertheless, balance as an imprecise descriptor...
by janandkari | Feb 25, 2022 | Blog, Video
We think of offering brain-friendly phonics instruction as being a bit like saying, “Hey, would you like to learn to decipher a secret code? I can teach you.” So, this week, we thought it might be fun to take this secret code metaphor a bit further and offer an...
by janandkari | Feb 11, 2022 | Blog
It has been almost a year since Shifting the Balance: Bringing the Science of Reading into the Balanced Literacy Classroom hit real and virtual bookshelves. We’ve been so moved by the robust response to this little book, to say the least. Quite honestly, what started...
by janandkari | Feb 4, 2022 | Blog, Video
You may already know how much we LOVE the New Year with its fresh start and promise. But, even by the time calendar turns over to February, we can sometimes find ourselves fatiguing and starting to lose sight of our vision. It’s often easier for us to set big...
by janandkari | Jan 27, 2022 | Blog, Video
If you approach learning to read and write as a speech-to-print -rather than as a print-to-speech – process, . . . . . . then you will want to start by making sure children have strong oral language. And if you are going to build children’s oral language, . ....
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