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How to Make Connections While Reading with Your Child

  Interested in developing your child’s oral language skills? How about his reading comprehension? Or, even his metacognition (awareness of one’s knowledge)? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, then you should...

Vocabulary Development: How to Use a Describer Reading Style

According to research, the describer reading style greatly improves vocabulary acquisition in children, especially those with smaller vocabularies.  Therefore, if you are a parent with concerns, an educator, or a speech language...

7 Ways to Create a Literacy Rich Environment

A literacy rich environment is purposefully designed to stress the importance of reading, writing, speaking, and listening. To design a literacy rich environment at home include some of the following: Interesting books & different types...

Ocean Themed Summer Books for Language Learning

Ever since I was a little girl, my family vacationed "down the shore". This is the term us Jerseyans use to tell others that we're going to the beach! Some of my most fond childhood memories happened on Long Beach Island. We'll continue the...

How to Perform a Fun & Effective Read-Aloud: 3 Questions to Ask

As a speech language pathologist who has been practicing for almost a decade I’ve read to many children. If you're a preschool, kindergarten, or early elementary teacher, you probably perform read-alouds on a daily basis. If you're a speech...

Vocabulary Development: Show Enthusiasm for Word Learning

When was the last time you learned a new word? OR, when was the last time you heard a word that tickled your fancy and made you think, "Wow, I want to use that word too?"  Were you excited to use it? Did you show any enthusiasm? If you want your...

Help My Child to Read Series: Going on a Picture Walk

Help My Child to Read Series: Going on a Picture Walk In my book, Learning to Read is a Ball I introduce you to a shared learning activity known as a picture walk. This post includes a video that will further explain the benefits of a picture...

Help My Child to Read Series: Preschool Alliteration Books

Help My Child to Read Series: Preschool Alliteration Books What Is Alliteration? As I define in the parent guide of my book, Learning to Read is a Ball alliteration is: “The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of words in a...

Help My Child to Read Series: Preschool Rhyming Books that Will Make You Laugh

Help My Child to Read Series: Preschool Rhyming Books that Will Make You Laugh If Fisher-Price didn't already take it, my new slogan would be "Laugh and Learn". There's no question about it, I like to laugh during my sessions and I like when...