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Parenting Begins Way Before One Becomes A Parent
Jeri Willamina, 3 months old Picture credit: me, Lori Josephson!! “PARENTING BEGINS WAY BEFORE ONE BECOMES A PARENT”-A WISE PERSON SAID THIS TO ME WHAT IS PARENTING? I thought this first blog post perhaps should begin to address the notion of ‘parenting’ itself. What does it mean to become a parent? What are the responsibilities of a parent? What does language development and literacy have to do with parenting anyway? According to the American Psychological Association, parenting practices around the world share three major goals: ensuring the health and safety of childrengetting children ready to live a…
WHAT’S THE BUZZ? ABOUT A SOUND WALL, A WORD WALL? PLEASE EXPLAIN…PART 1
‘THE TIMES, THEY ARE A-CHANGIN’, HOPEFULLY FOR THE BETTER There’s a movement afoot…It’s known as the Science of Reading. What’s that? You may be hearing more about it either from your own investigation, but more likely from the personnel at your children’s schools. This definition is taken directly from whatisthescienceofreading.org: The Definition: The Science of Reading is a vast, interdisciplinary body of scientifically-based research about reading and issues related to reading and writing.-whatisthescienceofreading.org “This research has been conducted over the last five decades across the world, and it is derived from thousands of studies conducted in multiple languages. The…
Switching Gears: “Back to School Routines” for YOU!
TIME TO MEET REESE, THE STAR OF MY NEW VIDEO AND CHILDREN’S TALKING BOOK FRIEND, WHO WILL TEACH YOUR KIDS (AND YOU!) HOW THEIR BRAINS LEARN TO READ!
SPRING INTO SUMMER TO BOOST LANGUAGE & LITERACY AT HOME: KEEP THE FAUCETS ‘ON’ PART 3 (of 3 PARTS!)
TURN THE FAUCET ‘ON’ FULL FORCE-BACK TO SCHOOL IS AROUND THE CORNER!! As I’ve been saying all month, keep those ‘learning faucets’ flowing during the summer! This is the final blog in a series of three based upon the webinar I conducted in June to help families. I offer many resources to help children with their literacy journeys. Feel free to go back and read my first two blogs on this topic. I continue with the last strands of Scarborough’s Reading Rope having to do with Language Comprehension. As I mentioned, none of us are too old to continue…
SPRING INTO SUMMER TO BOOST LANGUAGE & LITERACY AT HOME: KEEP THE FAUCETS ‘ON’ PART 2 (of 3 PARTS!)
KEEP THE “LEARNING FAUCETS” FLOWING! We (all stakeholders: parents, grandparents, other family members, caregivers, camp counselors, etc.) need to keep children’s ‘learning faucets’ flowing all summer long, especially to keep our kids’ language comprehension strong and even to improve it. If you read my last blog post, you learned about the importance of mindfulness/discussion/reflection in terms of family wellbeing, as well as the Simple View of Reading and how that is reflected in the first part of Scarborough’s Reading Rope. I shared the webinar I recently conducted to help families, offering numerous resources to help your children with their…
SPRING INTO SUMMER TO BOOST LANGUAGE & LITERACY AT HOME: KEEP THE FAUCETS ‘ON’ PART 1
Keep those ‘language and literacy faucets’ flowing over the summer! Whew, it’s been a busy month! I hope you all took some well needed time for ‘R and R’ once school let out as I did. Everyone needed it including educators, students, and parents!! We were all exhausted. Now that the July 4th holiday celebrations are behind us, it’s time to refocus our efforts over the summer to make sure that not only are the sink, hose, and pool faucets freely flowing, but also that our children’s ‘learning faucets’ remain flowing as well. Huh?? According to Entwisle’s ‘Faucet Theory’, children…
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