WHAT IS DECODING?
Teaching how to decode is crucial—gentle advice for the classroom and home. Grab the free resources, too!
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LEARNING TO READ
We are almost at the end of term one. Hopefully, many are on the climb to a literate future. Many components have to come together for...
6 Effective Practices to Move Literacy Learning Forward
A parent guide to effective practice. I hope it helps all parents ask questions and start a conversation about what practices they see and w
MINI PHONICS ACTIVITY BOOKS
Mini books are a great tool for instruction to motivate and engage. They are bite-sized activities to use after explicit instruction or...
REPETITION NEEDS PLAY
There is room for play in the explicit literacy instruction classroom.
disCARD Phonics Card Game
Games are a great way to motivate and engage reluctant learners. Have you tried our Uno style phonics game called disCARD yet?
5 WAYS WITH DECODABLE SENTENCES
A sentence is only decodable if the student reading the sentence has had previous exposure to the sounds and spellings in the sentence....
FIRST SENTENCES
Many children find writing difficult. Almost all children can write a sentence, yet even as they approach year 3, many of the children I...
WORD CHAIN CAT
Word chains are a fun activity that packs a punch. So much can come from this little activity. Word chains help build the skills of...
WORD BUILDING MAN
We are halfway through the first term here in Western Australia. The beautiful preprimary students I know have worked their way through...
S A T P I N SNAKE
Learning to read takes time, repetition, and exploration to get to fluency. It can seem intimidating as a teacher or parent, especially...
KNOW YOUR LITERACY LINGO
The world of literacy learning is awash with jargon. Many buzzwords float around classrooms, and a discussion with your child or your...
SPELLING
Learning to spell is difficult. It is always an active process. Learning to read takes time, but once a student gets it, the act of...
How do you say the word star?
Do you sound the ‘R’ at the end? The topic of conversation when I connected with Nora from EBLI recently. It was a happy accident due to...
PARTNER READING
Have you tried partner reading in your classroom or group sessions? Read on to find out what it is and download free lists and sentences....
Why start with S A T P I N? Why not A-Z?
Learning to read is not as easy as ABC. Read on to discover why a systematic sequence is the best way to support phonics teaching and...
HERE WE ARE–THE ALPHABET CODE
The first year of school is crucial for literacy development. It goes by so quickly. Term 2 starts tomorrow here in Western Australia....
LEARNING HOW TO READ
Learning to read, how did you do it? Chances are, until you had a child start school, the thought never crossed your mind… If your child...
S e g m e n t i ng
Segmenting sounds in words is the ability to separate the smallest units of sound or it could be syllables. Children who learn to read...
FIRST STEPS IN WORD BUILDING
I recently shared a word-building sketch note, and many questions about segmenting and blending followed. How do you take the first steps...
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