Author: Heather
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Effective Oral Language and Phonemic Awareness Instruction
The following is a paper I wrote for a class I had a couple years ago…I’m including it because it has references so you can see I’m not just making this stuff up 🙂 Effective Oral Language and Phonemic Awareness instruction Oral language development and phonemic awareness are the first steps in ensuring young children… Read more
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Phonemic Awareness
You may or may not know that there are five parts or pillars to teaching reading – and I will go over them all (but not today). Those pillars are 1. Phonemic Awareness 2. Phonics 3. Fluency 4. Vocabulary 5. Comprehension. And these are NOT taught exclusively, but you can and will focus on one… Read more
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Rewiring the Brain
Years ago, I was blessed to hear Dr. David Walsh speak about research on the brain, and while I am NOT an expert, I vividly recall him explaining how trauma in a child actually rewires the brain. In fact, if you scan the brain of babies who come from homes where the response of their… Read more
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Why YOU should read to your child…
When my first born was little, it seemed as though there was this HUGE push towards parents to READ TO THEIR CHILDREN. And I did (honestly, babies 1-4 were read to A LOT…babies 5 and 6…I think I dropped the ball a bit). I’m not sure if this is still a push or not, because… Read more
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The Homeschool Reading Coach
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