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Boost Your Reading Power: Understanding Syllables

Most new readers find long words to be quite intimidating. Reading things like 'cat' and 'dog' isn't too scary, but 'commotion' will give anyone pause! Help the new reader in your life understand that big...

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Reading Activity: Word Family Flip Books

Emergent readers, those who are just discovering the wonder and magic of reading, are proud of their new skills and will enjoy ways to show their new-found knowledge. Give the children in your care a chance...

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Ten Free At-Home Winter Activities for Kids

 Kids young and old can get in on the act with this project.  The older the kids are, the more of the set-up they can do.  Younger kids will enjoy the resulting product when adults or older siblings get...

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Boost Your Reading Power! Word Analysis 1

Decoding large words is one of the hardest parts of reading. Most of us can read the little, common words without difficulty. It's a different story when picking apart big ones. For eample, can you read the...

1 comment    education reading reading skills
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Boost Your Reading Power: Graphic Organizers

Graphic organizers are a great way to improve reading comprehension. Basically, these tools are visual versions of outlines. They help readers organize information so that it becomes more understandable and...

0 comments    education reading study skills
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Career Alternatives for Teachers

 Unfortunately, teachers are not immune to the economic downturn.  As people lose jobs, they often pack up and move to places with more job opportunities.  This can leave classrooms emptier than they've...

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Preschool Learning: Matching Game

Play a matching game with your young friends today! Gather up a collection of items that have mates, such as shoes, socks, gloves, mittens, and so forth. You can even use articles that do not normally come...

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Reading Activity: Try a Treasure Hunt!

Here's a super way to build reading comprehension and writing skills and have a fun-filled afternoon at the same time. Try a Treasure Hunt! In its simplest form, a treasure hunt is a series of clues that...

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Tips for Reading To Children

 We educators and librarians can't say this enough-reading aloud is the key to raising readers!  No matter what else you do or don't do with your children, sharing stories is the single best and most...

2 comments    education reading reading aloud
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Reading Activity: Scrambled Sentences

 Educators know that hands-on learning is far and away the most effective way for kids to master new material, but did you know that hands-on activities can also boost comprehension?  This simple game will...

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