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Upper and Lowercase Letter Alphabet Matching Game

ABCDEFG……

Did you sing that in your head as you read the beginning of the alphabet?

If you did, it’s not surprising! We learn the alphabet in early childhood and take it for granted as adults.

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5 Tips to Teach Reading at Home

Teaching your child to read seems like a daunting process.

“Where do I even begin?”

As a kindergarten teacher, this is the question I get asked the MOST by parents.

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3 Ways to Help Emotionally Disturbed Students

If you’re a teacher reading this, I am certain you have daily stress.

 No matter where you teach, at some point in your career, you will have emotionally disturbed students.

 Until I taught at a Title One school, I was a bit naïve about this topic.

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6 Things Teachers Want Parents to Know

As a parent, the most important role you will have is your child’s teacher.  Your home is your classroom.  As a teacher, I see the parents of my student’s as my teammate. Our job is to raise kind, smart, thoughtful human beings.  It truly takes a village.  

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Bedtime Routine

Bedtime should be prioritized with a set time AND routine.

Regardless of what kind of riser your child is, a set routine is necessary to get out the door in a timely manner, stop those morning grumpies, and establish great habits that will transition with them as they grow.

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4 Ways to Respond When Your Child Says, "I hate reading!"

We have all heard our kids say it, those three dreaded words

“I hate reading!”

These words are especially dreaded if we loved reading as a child.

They are even more disheartening if we are helping with homework that involves reading.

So what do you say as the parent to help ameliorate the lack of enthusiasm your child may be feeling about reading?

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