Building Confidence in Young Writers
Building Confidence in Young Writers
Here’s a super simple and silly spelling activitiy to help your child tackle those tricky words. It demonstrates how easily stickers and calendar pictures motivate children to write. Students love to choose and use stickers just like they love to …
Is Writing Important? “People don’t write anymore.” This past month, I was working with a high school group. One student was reluctant to write. He commented, “People don’t write anymore.” I genuinely pondered his statement, silently asking myself, “That’s interesting. …
Have you ever taken your child to the library or a book store, checked out Level 1 books (or bought them) only to find that your child can’t read a single word? Some of them even say Pre-K or Pre-Reading. …
This is a super fun activity to help children clear up the lowercase b and d reversals. Do you have cute kiddos trying to learn the distinction between b and d? It’s tricky and it’s common for children to mix …
In this post, I’m going to show you how to teach children how to spell number words one to ten. My boys learned how to read number words by writing them first. *This post contains affiliate links. For more information, …
This handwriting game is great for young writers who are learning letter names, sounds and how to write them. THE WINNER SPINNER! I played this game with a kindergartner that I was working with once a week. She’s not a …
Help kids learn letter strokes. If you have children gearing up for Kindergarten or younger, make it a CIRCLE SUMMER! Sit down and have a blast drawing with your child. After all the scribbles and scrabbles, start drawing circles, counterclockwise. …
Use these 10 strategic steps to help children learn to write. These incremental steps help children become comfortable and confident writers. The ages mentioned show you how early you can start. However, the ages aren’t as important as the order …
Drawing with your children at an early age can have long term benefits. I am a HUGE proponent of drawing with your child, starting very young and continuing on until…maybe forever. Right off the bat, I can tell you that …
I have been teaching language learners for 20+ years and love it! I completed my student teaching in a 3rd Grade classroom in the Chicago Public School system. Soon after, I graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education and a …
