Background Knowledge & Literacy

Back to School ‘Literacy Acceleration Playbook’ for Parents, Teachers, and Leaders 

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This month, I ‘teamed up’ with my colleague and friend, Dr. Kelly Moran. We share our thoughts on what parents can do to foster their children’s literacy development by likening the approach to a coach’s involvement in each individual athlete, as well as the team. DO SHARE with other parents, as well as teachers, school […]

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Rejoice! We have made it to a New Year 2022!

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This article features my colleague and friend, Dr. Kelly Moran, of Concord, OH. Enjoy the read, which looks ahead to the New Year 2022. Thanks, Kelly, for sharing your ideas, which thoughtfully and expertly illuminate the importance of reading for yourself and how to share the gift of reading with others. I agree with every

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“On The First Day of Christmas, My Parent (and/or Teacher) Gave to Me…”

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My singing voice can best be described as, well, ‘mediocre’. Despite my mediocre voice and my Jewish identity (therefore not celebrating the Christmas Holiday in any way throughout my childhood), I simply adored singing all those wonderful holiday songs, especially Christmas carols throughout my childhood. I even recall caroling door to door with friends as

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SPRING INTO SUMMER TO BOOST LANGUAGE & LITERACY AT HOME: KEEP THE FAUCETS ‘ON’ PART 2 (of 3 PARTS!)

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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

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