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This week’s video is all about teaching letter recognition! Letter recognition is being able to identify what the letters of the alphabet look like, both uppercase and lowercase. Along with this video is a free download has helpful workmats you can use with your child to practice learning letter recognition.

3 ways I teach my 3 year old Phonemic Awareness // Did you know that phonemic awareness is the number 1 predictor of reading success? That is why I teach phonemic awareness first before any other reading skill. Check out this quick Youtube short video on three 3 phonemic awareness activities you can do with […]

Book Reviews Filipino American Children’s Books // Looking for Filipino American Children’s Books? Here are some Filipino American Children’s books that I personally love and have in my children’s home library. Filipino American Children’s books are a great way to create an inclusive and diverse library for your kids!

Teaching Phoneme Segmentation // Teaching reading seems pretty simple, right? Teach your child the letter names. Then the sounds to those letter names. And then blend those sounds into words. But what if your child can’t hear the three separate sounds in the word, cat? This is where many of the troubles struggling readers, especially […]

How to teach sight words to struggling readers k-2// In this video, I will show you activities that I do with my struggling readers to get them to read sight words. These sight word activities can be done with struggling readers in kindergarten, first grade or second grade. You can teach sight words at home […]

Blending CVC Words First Grade// In this video, I will show you some fun games and activities to practice cvc words. THese activities involve blending and phoneme segmentation/ tapping out real words, and practicing blending sounds for reading. This is an excellent activity for when you teach your child how to read. Students will learn […]

Teaching Open and Closed Syllables// Teaching open and closed syllables is an excellent reading strategy when learning to read. Open and closed syllables are 2 of the 6 different syllable types that students should understand when learning to read. In this video, I will show you the steps in how to to teach open and […]

How To Help Kids Who Struggle in Spelling // Is your child a great reader but has a hard time with spelling? In this video, I go over how to teach spelling to my learners with effective ways to practice their spelling words and how to study their spelling words. These spelling strategies and spelling […]

Science of Reading: Sight Words// When we think of teaching sight words, we always go straight to the strategy of having our learners memorize them. And while students can learn to read by sight, the Science of Reading suggests otherwise- instead, Science of reading encourages learners to build their phonetic and phonemic awareness skills and […]

FUN Phonics Games for Kids// Here are some fun phonics games you can do with your learners. You can use these phonics games in different phonics activities. These phonics games can be played with preschoolers, kindergarteners or first graders. These phonics activities would be great to use if you want to teach your child to […]