Mommy’s Law! Some things in a mom’s life just seem to work a certain way. I call it “Mommy’s Law.” For example, trying to make a phone call. We’ve all been there! We have an important call to make, or a friend calls to check in on us, and wham! Next thing you know, the kids are fighting, or bouncing off the walls, or something else that demands our attention. …
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October 2012
Teaching with Basal Readers : 10 Days of How to Teach Your Child to Read
Teaching With Basal Readers Basal readers (or primers) are short “textbooks” with an organized series of illustrated short stories used to teach a set of phonemes or sight words. You can find basal readers for both the phonics approach and the sight word approach. The most well known phonics-based reader is the McGuffey Reader series, which dates back to the 1860’s and is still widely used today. The most famous …
Approaches to Teaching Reading : 10 Days of How to Teach Your Child to Read
The different approaches to teaching reading: Your pre-reader is showing the signs and the interest in learning to read, so it’s time to start, right? There are two main approaches to reading: phonics and sight word. There is also a third approach which combines the two. I tend toward the third approach, with a little more emphasis on the phonics. First, let’s take a brief look at each. What is …