by Jan and Kari | May 13, 2022 | Blog, Decodable Texts, Meaningful Independent Practices, Phonics, Word Reading Instruction
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 Jan and Kari | May 6, 2022 | Blog, Decodable Texts, Fluency, Phonics, Word Reading Instruction
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 Jan and Kari | Apr 30, 2022 | Blog, Decodable Texts, Fluency, Phonics, Word Reading Instruction
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 Jan and Kari | Feb 25, 2022 | Blog, Phonics, Video, Word Reading Instruction
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 Jan and Kari | Dec 16, 2021 | Blog, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Word Reading Instruction
It’s exciting when the little people we support start to know and recite some letter names and their associated sounds in response to seeing those little black marks on a page.But the problem is . . ….we’ve all known children who know LOTS, if not ALL, of the...
by Jan and Kari | Nov 24, 2021 | Blog, Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Word Reading Instruction
Kari’s husband, John, likes to save scraps of wood and other building materials. Sometimes he buys new stuff . . . but, boy does he get excited when he can repurpose something he already has on hand, using it in a new and useful way. In the same way that John loves a...
