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Myths of Online Tutoring for Kids

Myths of Online Tutoring for kids// Today I’m going to cover the myths of online tutoring for kids. This online tutoring for kids video covers online teaching, online learning, and…

April 20, 2022Read More

Journal Writing for Kids How to Write a Sentence

Journal Writing For Kids: Teach Your Child to Write a Sentence// Not sure how to get your child to start writing a sentence? In this video, I will show you…

April 20, 2022Read More

Myths of Online Tutoring for Kids

Myths of Online Tutoring for kids// Today I’m going to cover the myths of online tutoring for kids. This online tutoring for kids video covers online teaching, online learning, and…

April 20, 2022Read More

Letter Recognition Activities

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…

April 20, 2022Read More

Teaching Phonemic Awareness to Preschoolers

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…

April 20, 2022Read More

Book Reviews Filipino American Children’s Books

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…

April 20, 2022Read More

Teaching phoneme segmentation

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.…

April 20, 2022Read More

How to teach Sight words to struggling readers K 2

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…

April 20, 2022Read More

Blending cvc words first grade

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…

April 20, 2022Read More

Teaching Open and Closed Syllables

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…

April 20, 2022Read More

How to help kids who struggle in spelling

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…

April 20, 2022Read More

Science of Reading: Sight Words

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…

April 20, 2022Read More

Fun Phonics Games for Kids

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…

April 20, 2022Read More

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons: Flip-through Pros and Cons

Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons: flip through, Pros and Cons // In this video, I will talk about the book, “Teach your Child to Read in…

April 20, 2022Read More

6 MISTAKES you make when TEACHING YOUR CHILD TO READ

Mistakes you make when Teaching your Child to Read // I’ve grown so much over my 15 years of being a teacher. In that time of growth I’ve realized mistakes…

April 20, 2022Read More

Reading Routines for Kids: Teach your Child to LOVE Reading!

Is your child less than enthusiastic about reading? In this video I will show you some simple routines that you can add to your day that will get your child…

April 20, 2022Read More

Science of Reading Phonemic Awareness

Science of Reading: Phonemic Awareness// The Science of Reading states that phonemic awareness skills are needed in order for a learner to be a good reader. And while 60% to…

April 20, 2022Read More

Myths of Online Tutoring for Kids

Myths of Online Tutoring for kids// Today I’m going to cover the myths of online tutoring for kids. This online tutoring for kids video covers online teaching, online learning, and…

April 20, 2022Read More

How to help kids who struggle in spelling

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…

April 20, 2022Read More

Practice Spelling Words for Dyslexic Kids

Practice Spelling Words for Dyslexic Kids / In this video, I will show you how I plan a lesson for practicing spelling words for dyslexic kids. Even if your learner…

April 20, 2022Read More

How Not to Teach Spelling

How Not To Teach Spelling// There are so many activities that parents and educators can choose from these days when it comes to teaching spelling words. And believe me after…

April 20, 2022Read More

Myths of Online Tutoring for Kids

Myths of Online Tutoring for kids// Today I’m going to cover the myths of online tutoring for kids. This online tutoring for kids video covers online teaching, online learning, and…

April 20, 2022Read More

Science of Reading Phonemic Awareness

Science of Reading: Phonemic Awareness// The Science of Reading states that phonemic awareness skills are needed in order for a learner to be a good reader. And while 60% to…

April 20, 2022Read More

Free Resource Library – Math

Free Resource Library for Parents and Teachers// looking for some free resources for teaching your learner? I created one just for you! It has over 150 pages of resources that…

December 10, 2020Read More

Fact Fluency- Counting On

Fact fluency is so important to build in your learner's early years. Being able to recall math facts quickly is building block skill to developing important math concepts. The counting…

December 10, 2020Read More

Comparison Word Problems Lesson 1st grade

Comparison Story Problems// This week we are tackling those tricky word problems that leave your kiddos frustrated. One of the most challenging word problems my learners struggle with is comparison…

December 10, 2020Read More

Hundreds Chart Games

The hundreds chart is a great tool for teaching your learners to gain their mathematical skills in number sense, skip counting and number sequence.

December 10, 2020Read More

Ten Frame Activities

In this video, I’m going to show you six activities you can do with ten frames to increase your learner’s number sense!

December 10, 2020Read More

Addition Card Games

Is your learner still counting with their fingers? This means they need to improve on their mental math skills!

December 10, 2020Read More

Free Resource Library – Writing

Free Resource Library for Parents and Teachers// looking for some free resources for teaching your learner? I created one just for you! It has over 150 pages of resources that…

December 10, 2020Read More

Narrative Writing Lesson K 2

Narrative Writing Lesson K-2// We are diving into narrative writing! Our kiddos find a lot of success in personal narratives because they get to write all about themselves...

December 10, 2020Read More

Journal Writing Lesson K 2nd Grade

Journal Writing Lesson K-2nd Grade// Journal writing is one of the most authentic and engaging ways to incorporate writing into your learner's routine. In this class, I will be teaching…

December 10, 2020Read More

Letter Writing Lesson Template for Kids

Letter Writing Lesson Template for Kids / In this video, I will walk you through a letter writing lesson for kids. This letter writing lesson teaches kids how to write…

December 10, 2020Read More

End of the Year Memory Book Kindergarten and First grade

End of the Year Memory Book Kindergarten and First grade// Memory Books are a great way for students to look back on the year with pride and gratitude. It's also…

December 10, 2020Read More

Free Resource Library – Spelling

Free Resource Library for Parents and Teachers// looking for some free resources for teaching your learner? I created one just for you! It has over 150 pages of resources that…

December 10, 2020Read More

Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Lesson K 1

Phonemic Awareness and Phonics//This week’s lesson is on phonemic awareness and phonics.

December 10, 2020Read More

Letter Recognition Activities

Letter recognition is being able to identify what the letters of the alphabet look like, both uppercase....

December 10, 2020Read More

Growth Mindset Books for Teachers and Kids

Growth Mindset Books For Teachers And Kids // Instilling a growth mindset is one of the greatest gifts we can give our children. And to ourselves too! Books are a…

December 10, 2020Read More

Picture Walk Reading Strategy

PICTURE WALK READING STRATEGY// Improve your learner's reading confidence and skills by using the picture walk reading strategy. Having a picture walk lesson plan helps readers gain a better understanding…

December 10, 2020Read More

Fluency Practice Activities

Fluency Practice Activities//Does your reader “read. Like. This.?” In this video, I will show you 8 fluency practice activities to get your learner reading like a champ!...

December 10, 2020Read More

Teaching Empathy with books

Teaching Empathy With Books// Using books is one of the best ways for teaching empathy to kids. These books I am reviewing will help develop your child's social and emotional…

December 10, 2020Read More

Free Resource Library

Free Resource Library for Parents and Teachers// looking for some free resources for teaching your learner? I created one just for you! It has over 150 pages of resources that…

December 10, 2020Read More

Word Decoding Strategies- Help your child when they are stuck on a word

Word Decoding Strategies// Is your child stuck on a word and you are not sure to help them? Use these decoding strategies to help them! These strategies can be used…

December 10, 2020Read More

Preventing Summer Learning Loss

Summer Learning Loss Prevention / Summer learning loss, or summer slide, can happen when students do not do any learning over the summer. In this video, I will show you…

December 10, 2020Read More

Dyslexia Screening

dyslexia screening / Does your child struggle in reading? 1 and 5 students struggle with dyslexia. Early intervention is key to helping students with dyslexia. In this video, I will…

December 10, 2020Read More

Tips on helping your child with Dyslexia

Tips on helping your child with Dyslexia/ Teaching your child to read can be tough enough, but adding in the element of dyslexia brings the task to a whole different…

December 10, 2020Read More

Back To School Books For Kindergarten

Back To School Books For Kindergarten/ It's that time of the year again! Can you believe it? In this video I will be reviewing back to school books for kids…

December 10, 2020Read More

Children’s Audio Books Free for Kindergarten and First graders

Children's Audio Books Free for Kindergarten and First graders// Looking for ways to keep your child reading this summer? Get them into audio books!...

December 10, 2020Read More

Short Vowel Games for First Grade SIMPLE AND FUN!

Short Vowel Games for First Grade // This video shows four fun games that you can do with your first grade learner when teaching them short vowel sounds! This game…

December 10, 2020Read More

Inclusive Children’s Books

Inclusive Children's Books// Inclusive Children's Books are so important to have on your child's bookshelf. By watching this video, you are acknowledging the fact that having a diverse and inclusive…

December 10, 2020Read More

Phonemic Awareness Games for Kindergarten

Phonemic Awareness games for Kindergarten// Phonemic awareness is an important skill for our kindergarten, first grade and second grade readers to learn. It is just as important as learning the…

December 10, 2020Read More

Teaching chunking reading strategy

teaching chunking reading strategy// In this lesson, we will be teaching the chunking reading strategy. The chunking reading strategy is one of the reading strategies we can teacher our kindergarten,…

December 10, 2020Read More

Picture Walk Reading Lesson K 2

Picture Walk Reading Lesson K-2// This K-2 reading lesson is how to use the Picture Walk Reading Strategy to help your learner read unfamiliar words. We want our kiddos reading…

December 10, 2020Read More

Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Lesson K 1

Phonemic Awareness and Phonics//This week’s lesson is on phonemic awareness and phonics. We will meet right here on the TYM facebook page on Thursday April 2nd at 1:30pm. This is…

December 10, 2020Read More

Sight Words Lesson K 1st Grade

Sight Words Lesson K-1st Grade// Sight words are those tricky words that can’t be sounded out so they need to be memorized. This lesson shows the different, fun and engaging…

December 10, 2020Read More

Teach Your Child the Alphabet

In this video, I share 7 tips in teaching your child the alphabet.

December 10, 2020Read More

Sight Word Activities

In this video, I cover teaching your child to read using sight words. Sight words are those tricky words that your child is trying so hard to sound out but…

December 10, 2020Read More

Letter Sound Activities

Letter sounds is an important step in teaching your child how to read. Once your child is able to identify the sounds to each letter, they can start blending these…

December 10, 2020Read More

Teach Your child to Read Three Letter Words

 This is the 4th and last video of the “Teaching Your Child to Read” series! This video has helpful activities to get your child to blend sounds and read…

December 10, 2020Read More

How to Get your Child Interested in Reading

Is your child not very interested in learning how to read? Get them to fall in love with reading by following these 6 tips that I have used in my…

December 10, 2020Read More

Letter Writing Lesson

https://youtu.be/I9x8ZjB91qA In this video, I will walk you through a letter writing lesson for kids. This letter writing lesson teaches kids how to write a friendly letter or an informal…

May 8, 2020Read More

Telling Time to the Hour

https://youtu.be/nnIgFZz8PEg Telling time is one of the most basic skills we teach your kindergarten, first grade and second grade learners. In this lesson, we students will learn the basics of…

May 8, 2020Read More

Comparison Word Problems

https://youtu.be/wdHkbzejFEA This week we are tackling those tricky word problems that leave your kiddos frustrated. One of the most challenging word problems my learners struggle with is comparison story problems.…

April 29, 2020Read More

Picture Walk Reading Lesson

https://youtu.be/_9fI__12LhM This K-2 reading lesson is how to use the Picture Walk Reading Strategy to help your learner read unfamiliar words. We want our kiddos reading independently and and the…

April 18, 2020Read More

Narrative Writing Lesson K-2

https://youtu.be/UQZACd9hA9k We are diving into narrative writing! Our kiddos find a lot of success in personal narratives because they get to write all about themselves. Who knew? 😂 All your…

April 15, 2020Read More

Phonemic Awareness and Phonics Lesson

This week’s lesson is on phonemic awareness and phonics. We will meet right here on the TYM facebook page on Thursday April 2nd at 1:30pm. This is lesson is perfect…

April 4, 2020Read More

Sight Words Lesson K 1st Grade

https://youtu.be/3VUb0yXj2bQ Sight words are those tricky words that can’t be sounded out so they need to be memorized. This lesson shows the different, fun and engaging ways I help students…

April 4, 2020Read More

Journal Writing Lesson K 2nd Grade

https://youtu.be/LzDiAqFKmDI Journal Writing Lesson K-2nd Grade// Sight words are those tricky words that can’t be sounded out so they need to be memorized. This lesson shows the different, fun and…

March 28, 2020Read More

Teaching Phoneme Segmentation

https://youtu.be/A3hASAscW8k 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…

March 28, 2020Read More

Best books for Early Emergent Readers

https://youtu.be/wHwmHDM4VFc Has your child just learned the names and sounds of the alphabet and is ready to start reading books on their own? Early emergent readers are the best books…

March 28, 2020Read More

Helping your child with Dyslexia

https://youtu.be/HbrY3IKOX64 Teaching your child to read can be tough enough, but adding in the element of dyslexia brings the task to a whole different level! In this video, I will…

March 28, 2020Read More

Dyslexia Screening

https://youtu.be/k5E3F9P3vBM Does your child struggle in reading? 1 and 5 students struggle with dyslexia. Early intervention is key to helping students with dyslexia. In this video, I will show you…

March 28, 2020Read More

Word Decoding Strategies

Is your child stuck on a word and you are not sure to help them? Use these decoding strategies to help them! These strategies can be used in a balanced…

March 27, 2020Read More

Growth Mindset Books for Teachers and Kids

Instilling a growth mindset is one of the greatest gifts we can give our children. And to ourselves too! Books are a great way to start the growth mindset conversation.…

February 23, 2019Read More

Picture Walk Reading Strategy

Improve your learner's reading confidence and skills by using the picture walk reading strategy. Having a picture walk lesson plan helps readers gain a better understanding of vocabulary of the…

February 23, 2019Read More

Fluency Practice Activities

Does your reader “read. Like. This.?” In this video, I will show you 8 fluency practice activities to get your learner reading like a champ! Reading fluency is the ability…

February 23, 2019Read More

Teaching Empathy with Books

This post contains affiliate links. Please read my Disclaimer for more information. Using books is one of the best ways for teaching empathy to kids. These books I am reviewing…

February 21, 2019Read More

Tape Diagram Strategy for Kindergarten and First Grade

Hey friends! In this video, I am going to to show you how the tape diagram strategy can be used when solving addition and subtraction problems! Enjoy! -April

January 16, 2019Read More

Part Part Whole Strategy

Hi friends! In this video, I’m going to give you examples on how part part whole strategy can help your learner solve addition and subtraction problems. Happy learning! -April

December 14, 2018Read More

Addition Math Games

Is your learner still counting with their fingers? This means they need to improve on their mental math skills! In this video, I will show you 4 addition card games…

November 27, 2018Read More

Ten Frame Activities

Hey friends! Want to increase your learner’s number sense? When students have number sense they are able to: compose and decompose numbers, make calculations mentally using various strategies, understand number…

November 13, 2018Read More

How to Get Your Child Interested in Reading

Is your child not very interested in learning how to read? Get them to fall in love with reading by following these 6 tips that I have used in my…

November 6, 2018Read More

Teach Your Child To Read Three Letter Words

Hey Friends! This week's video is all about getting your child to read three letter words! This is the 4th and last video of the “Teaching Your Child to Read”…

October 31, 2018Read More

Letter Sound Activities

his week's video is all about teaching letter sounds! Letter sounds is an important step in teaching your child how to read. Once your child is able to identify the…

October 24, 2018Read More

Letter Recognition Activities

Hey everyone! 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.…

October 24, 2018Read More

Teaching the Alphabet Tips

Hey friends! In this video, I share 7 tips in teaching your child the alphabet. I also have a free download for you that is dedicated to fun and exciting…

July 10, 2018Read More

Teach Your Child To Read with Sight Words

Hey friends! In this video, I cover teaching your child to read using sight words. Sight words are those tricky words that your child is trying so hard to sound…

July 5, 2018Read More

Back to School Tips

Hey Friends! In this video I discussed 7 back to school tips on starting the school year off right. I covered everything from routines your child should practice to prepparing…

July 5, 2018Read More

Welcome to Teach Young Minds!

Hi There! I'm April and welcome to Teach Young Minds! I am so excited that you are here!  

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