Language Literacy Connection

“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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A Grandparent Question Answered: ‘X’ is NOT for ‘xylophone’!

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Many multi-generational families spent time together this past weekend to celebrate Thanksgiving and the start of the Holiday Season together. A grandparent posed this question:  “Why is ‘xylophone’ a poor word choice to use when teaching the letter ‘X’?” SO many children’s ABC books are out there on the market ready to purchase for well

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A Question From A Parent Answered: All About Suffix -ed

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I’m going to respond to a question posed by a parent recently on a Facebook Group. Parents and teachers repeatedly pose this same question concerning the sounds and spellings of suffix -ed. All stakeholders (children, parents, teachers) need to understand that the English language is a ‘morphophonemic language’. What’s that??? It’s a pretty long word,

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WHAT’S THE BUZZ ABOUT? A SOUND WALL? A WORD WALL? PLEASE EXPLAIN…PART 2

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PART 1 RECAP If you did not read my last blog post (9/1/21), I shared why traditional Word Walls may not be optimal for children these days–these Word Walls can be confusing (‘the’ under the <t> column when clearly ‘the’ does not begin with /t/, but rather /th/), words which are outlined in ‘frames’ promote

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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!

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“I’m Reese, and I’m here to teach you how your brain learns to read!”

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The Miracle of Language: Jeri’s First Intentional Language!

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It happened when she was 7 months old! Now she’s a bit over 9 months already!! We were visiting our granddaughter in Atlanta–another miracle in and of itself during the pandemic since she lives so far away. Let’s just say I could get a job as a truck driver given all the miles I’ve driven

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“What Does Reading Look Like At 17 Months Old?”

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This is Oliver, the adorable grandson of one of my longtime friends and colleagues, Sharon R. Please do spend literally 1 minute watching this short video. Here it is! This 17 month old provides us with much information we can use as we approach helping our children understand and enjoy language and literacy, and of

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Parenting Begins Way Before One Becomes A Parent

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“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

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