Phonics Prereading
Understanding Prereading Skills for Preschoolers
There are many steps to becoming an independent reader – one who can pronounce an unfamiliar printed word or get its meaning in other ways. Some of these steps can be taken during the preschool years. Children who have had these prereading experiences are usually ready for the teacher’s regular [...]
Activity Book
Book Club Invitations for Teens
Every teen wants to have a forum of peers where they can freely enjoy expressing their thoughts and have a time of fun. Book club invitations for teens
would be an ideal social event for such activities. Ideally this can be done in the school as a library activity.
Book [...]
Teacher Big Book
Children’s Books: Tell Me A Cuento/Cuéntame Un Story
As a parent and former elementary school teacher, one of my favorite authors is Joe Hayes. And one of my favorite books is Tell Me A Cuento/Cuéntame Un Story, a collection of four of his most popular tales in both English and Spanish. If you are [...]
Beginning Reading
Skimming and scanning for better speed reading
A big element of effective speed-reading is only reading those pieces of text that you actually need to read and not reading that which you don’t need to read.
To help you find the information you actually need to read and to avoid the information you don’t need to [...]