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Print Referencing – Early Literacy Skills

Allison McDonald — Tue, 10 May 2022 19:20:35 +0000

Have you ever noticed how many technical terms there are in early education? Education, in general, has a lot of jargon and sometimes the definitions are anything but consistent. This article is all about print referencing which is an early literacy strategy that every preschool and kindergarten teacher should master and include in their classroom. […]

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Phonological Awareness Activities

Allison McDonald — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 18:36:47 +0000

Wow-what a title. 5 phonological awareness activities for preschool. How can it be easy when the title isn’t even easy to say? Reading is kinda technical, although, in preschool and homeschooling preschool, we don’t really have to be super technical. We do have to keep some skills in mind while planning lessons and our learning […]

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How To Teach Preschool Literacy

Allison McDonald — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 15:16:25 +0000

Teaching literacy in preschool is a huge task, so I’m going to be completely honest with you; there is no way I can answer this question in one blog post, which is precisely why I wrote this book; Setting The Stage for Rock-Star Readers. I love literacy; I love helping children as they discover […]

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Letter Sounds Magnet Mats

Allison McDonald — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 18:02:47 +0000

Letter sounds can be so much fun to practice if we make it fun and quick! When a child is learning to read we often focus on the letter name but this is not the most important part of “knowing their letters” the most important part is the sounds the letters translate to. We take […]

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DIY Reading Pointers and Bookmarks

Allison McDonald — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 08:08:44 +0000

Tracking as you read is an important scaffold for developing literacy skills. Parents and teachers use tracking as a way for children to follow along with the text and children use tracking with their finger or with fun reading pointers before they start tracking only using their eyes. Not only do these tools help children […]

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