Vocabulary Development

“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 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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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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