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Improve your Child's Phonemic Awareness

How to Improve your Child’s Phonemic Awareness with These Activities

Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, identify, and manipulate the individual sounds-or phonemes-in spoken words. It is a critical first step in learning to read. These activities will help improve your child’s phonemic awareness. Word Search: Create a grid of squares on a piece of paper.  Write words in each grid square.  This game […]

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Phoneme Awareness Activities for Parents to Use With Their Kids

Phoneme Awareness Activities for Parents to Use with Their Kids

If you’re looking for ways to help your child develop phonemic awareness, you’re in luck! There are plenty of activities you can do at home to support your child’s learning. Check out these phoneme awareness activities for parents to use with their kids. Sound Sorting: This activity is a great way to help your child

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Games Your Children Can Do in Daily Life to Promote Phoneme Awareness

Games Your Children Can Do in Daily Life to Promote Phoneme Awareness

If you’re looking for ways to help your child become aware of phonemes, or the individual sounds in words, there are plenty of games your children can do in daily life to promote phoneme awareness.  Below are a few examples: Tongue Twisters: This game is a great way to help children identify different sounds and

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Phoneme Awareness (letter sound[s]) Games for Parents to Use with their Kids

Phoneme Awareness letter sounds: Games for Parents to Use with their Kids

Phoneme Awareness letter sounds: Games for Parents to Use with their Kids. Most parents are familiar with the basic building blocks of reading – the alphabet. But did you know that there are smaller units of sound within each letter? These are called phonemes, and they are the key to helping your child become a

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How to Help Your Child Learn Phoneme Awareness

How to Help Your Child Learn Phoneme Awareness

How to Help Your Child Learn Phoneme Awareness Like all buildings, they get their strength from their foundation.  This allows for the many floors of a building to be added.  Just as in architecture, literacy success relies upon a ‘strong foundation.’   In literacy, this foundation is called ‘phoneme awareness.’  This is the ability to hear

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How Low-Income Parents Can Provide e-Technology for Their Kids

How Low-Income Parents Can Provide e-Technology for Their Kids

It’s no secret that having e-technology, like a laptop or tablet, can vastly improve a student’s educational experience and outcomes. But what if you’re a low-income parent who can’t afford to purchase these devices for your kids? How can you provide e-technology for your children so they can get the most out of their education?

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How do high achieving students use technology vs. lower-achieving students

How Do High Achieving Students Use Technology Vs. Lower-Achieving Students?

How do high achieving students use technology vs. lower-achieving students? Technology has drastically changed the landscape of education. It has become an integral part of the classroom and has levelled the playing field for all students, regardless of their socio-economic background. However, there is a disconnect between how high-achieving students and lower-achieving students use technology.

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How Can You Teach Using iPhone Apps

How Can You Teach Using iPhone Apps?

How can you teach using iPhone apps? When it comes to teaching, there are a lot of different methods that can be used in order to help students learn. One method that has become increasingly popular is using iPhone apps. There are a ton of different iPhone apps that can be used for teaching, and

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How to Teach Reading in the Digital Era

How to Teach Reading in the Digital Era

Before we can discuss how to teach reading in the digital era, we must define what the digital era is. What is the digital era? The digital era is a term used to describe the period of time in which digital technologies have become increasingly prevalent. This includes everything from personal computers and the internet

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EdTech Companies and their Role in Teaching Reading

EdTech Companies and Their Role in Teaching Reading

EdTech Companies and their role in teaching reading. There are a number of EdTech companies out there that are focused on helping people learn to read. These companies often develop innovative technologies that can help people of all ages learn to read better. Many of these EdTech companies also offer online reading programs that can

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