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Words stick when they're connected to real experiences. Today that experience was pancakes and maple syrup.

The Literacy Hill explains engaging strategies and resources for effective repeated practice that target the right skills and knowledge, helping all students flourish.

Effective instruction in the preschool years and beyond sets children on the right track and helps teachers identify who needs extra support.

Link the words ear, hear and heard for spelling instruction and decoding practice.

We love playing Uno with our disCARD packs. To mix it up in the clinic, we also play other games.

Teaching how to decode is crucial—gentle advice for the classroom and home. Grab the free resources, too!

Many components have to come together for reading to happen. For many, learning to read starts at school. A knowledgeable teacher, enough time, and the right resources should be all most need to flourish. To get the free learning to read poster, go here. Learning to read is not natural. It does not just happen. When we teach any new skill, it is often the subskills that need training before mastery and brilliance occur. It would be lovely to think that surrounding children

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

The digraph mini activity books are a great tool for instruction to motivate and engage. They are bite-sized activities to use after...

There is room for play in the explicit literacy instruction classroom.

Games are a great way to motivate and engage reluctant learners. Have you tried our Uno style phonics game called disCARD yet?

A sentence is only decodable if the student reading the sentence has had previous exposure to the sounds and spellings in the sentence....

Many children find writing difficult. Almost all children can write a sentence, yet even as they approach year 3, many of the children I meet struggle with the anguish of putting pencil to paper. The problem often starts with a blank sheet of paper. That space is a scary place for many. But that isn’t the only problem — many who struggle to write also struggle to decode and spell accurately. Peter Reynolds discusses this in his book, The Dot about Vashi and her lack of marks

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 is a fantastic activity that showcases how the initial sounds link to the letter symbols. The act of manipulating sounds to...

Learning to read takes time, repetition, and exploration to get to fluency. It can seem intimidating as a teacher or parent, especially...

The world of literacy learning is awash with jargon. Many buzzwords float around classrooms, and a discussion with your child or your...

Upskill your spelling instruction with these resources.

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...

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....