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1. Literacy and Phonetics Literacy and phonetics go together. Although many words cannot be decoded using phonics alone, most words can. Knowing some common rules for letter sounds and common letter combinations is a big plus in sounding out new words, which is a big plus in...
2. Old Black Fly Unit Study Old Black Fly's been buzzing around and lands on an alphabet's worth of spilled drips and drops of food. This poem is fun to read aloud with it's lilting rhyme has makes you want to dance. Use Old Black Fly to start a unit on insects that will inspi...
3. Literacy Bags Make Homework Fun! Book Bags. Home Bags, Book Buddies, Story Bags... Literacy Bags are a fun way to help children share what they are learning with their families. Children take these literacy bags home, read the stories, do the activities with their families and then...
4. Your Baby Can Read - The Video Learning Program by Dr. Robert Titzer PLUS Other Extras Your child's future depends on their education - why not get them started as early as possible? Using the Your Baby Can Read infant literacy learning system can help your child to read before he or she is even two years old! See the videos below - yo...
5. The Importance of Reading to Young Children Have you ever wondered why are parents urged to read to their children? You may think that reading to your children will help them fare better in school. Actually it is more important than that: by reading to your children, you are helping them succe...
6. THE THREE SNOW BEARS by Jan Brett The Three Snow Bears, written by Jan BrettIs a refreshing remake of Goldilocks And The Three Bears. I don't know how anyone could possibly improve on this famous children's bed time story, but the truth is that Jan has done exactly that. This childre...
7. Book Lover Gifts And T-shirts Shop here for interesting gifts for book lovers plus colorful reading slogan t-shirts. Shakespeare t-shirts, literacy tees, librarian mugs and t-shirts. Great canvas library book tote bags for carrying library books and book store finds. Cute bibliop...
8. Froggy Backpacks: Hopping Back to School Backpacks are not just for carrying lunches back and forth to school. They are a way for your child to express himself or herself to the world. What better way for a frog loving child to hop back to school than a froggy themed backpack. Your child's...
9. Music and Multiple Modalities Enhance Literacy Sight words, often called "Dolch words" are very important in a child's reading development. They are also often referred to as "high frequency" words as they make up the top percentage of words we use to read and write every day. Words like the, sai...
10. Kid Lit! The Very Best Story Books Reading to children is a wonderful activity and past time that both parents and teachers enjoy. Seeing their rapt, excited faces when there's a mystery to be solved, a surprise twist, or a happy ending is all the reward one needs. Not only are story...
11. Teaching Reading We all know that learning to read is an important part of growing up for a child. Learning to read is also essential to future success both in school and in life. Older children and adults who struggle with reading will struggle in the future in term...
12. Multigenre Lesson Plan Multigenre essays are an effective writing assignment for students K-16 because it is more challenging and interesting to both student and teacher. It allows the writer to really be a writer and choose the genre that fits the writing task rather than...
13. Writing Reflection Good writing doesn't just happen and good writers aren't born that way. Good writers become so only after a lot of hard work and a lot of hard thinking about writing. If you want to be a good writer, or at least a better write, then you must write...
14. Readability Readability is a basic design goal for anything meant to be read by a general population. Text meant for a general readership should have a reading grade level of at most 8. Better still would be a reading grade level of 6 or 7.
15. Readability Formulas My Squidoo lens will introduce and educate you about the history and development of readability formulas, as well as how to use readability formulas to find the reading level of any text. I am the author of "Can You Read Me Now?," a free e-book about...
16. Read Aloud Books For Families Welcome - I hope you will enjoy reading this lens about the fun (and importance) of reading aloud with your family. I'll discuss why reading together is so great for families, what kinds of books make good read-aloud material, what ages to read to, a...
17. Better Legal Writing Is Plain and Simple There's no excuse for being a lousy writer. Legal language is used to record and explain the most important events in people's lives -- shouldn't it be understandable? Here are some legal writing resources to help: blawgs (legal blogs) by qualified l...
18. FreeRice - Donate Free Rice - Discover Some New Words At FreeRice.com you can learn new words, improve your vocabulary at the same time you are donating free rice for the United Nation's World Food Program. When you play the game for each word you get right, FreeRice donates 20 grains of rice to the Un...
19. First Book First Book provides new books to children in need, addressing one of the most important factors affecting literacy - access to books. An innovative leader in social enterprise, First Book has distributed more than 65 million free and low-cost books...
20. Giving to Charity for Free There are a lot of great ways to donate to charity even if you don't have any money. All you need is the internet and some free time. There are sites ranging from clicking a button to playing a game, from searching the internet to making your online...