Blended Learning for Phonics

Mar 3, 2020 | Teachers

Does blended learning work with a phonics curriculum for young learners? Yes!  Blended learning differs from traditional teaching models because it utilizes technology to supplement learning. It encourages personalized learning experiences and yields better learning...

What is Blended Learning?

Jan 14, 2020 | Teachers

Blended learning is growing to be increasingly popular for schools of all types. In fact, as of June 2017, about 70 percent of schools in the US use technology into the classroom and off-site learning to supplement the classroom. Blended learning offers a type of...

Learning Phonics Is Fun with Professor Pup

Dec 24, 2019 | Teachers

Teachers today are under a lot of pressure, especially when it comes to leading a classroom of students learning phonics. With so much to do, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed! Even the best and most passionate teachers can fall short of meeting learning objectives when...

How Children Learn To Read, with Emily Hanford

Dec 10, 2019 | Parents, Teachers

How do children learn to read? Why do so many students struggle to read? Emily Hanford of American Public Media has a report that answers these tough questions. If children attend school every day, why are they unable to read age-appropriate text? Why is it difficult...

Bats and Cats! Letter Sounds for Preschool

Oct 29, 2019 | Activities, Teachers

It’s Halloween time, when all the ghosts and witches and zombies come out to play! Get your young learners excited to learn letter sounds for preschool with a spooky rhyming game. Bats and Cats helps children learn ending sounds through playful rhymes.  This is a...

Halloween Bingo! Letter Sounds for Kindergarten

Oct 22, 2019 | Activities, Teachers

Halloween Bingo is a wonderful way to practice letter sounds for kindergarten. They get to play a game with their classmates while coloring Halloween-themed images. Most importantly, they learn to recognize words that start with the similar phonemes.  When it’s...