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Literacy skills: practicing without practice

by Robin
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The following post is by contributor Robin Zipporah of Not-Ever-Still. My sweet kindergarten girl is a beginning reader. She can read almost anything, slowly, as long as she doesn’t get frustrated or lose patience. Her handwriting is the same – it’s quite good, really, but sometimes when she’s tired or hurrying she still transposes those [...]

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books and music

Our Unsung Favorite: Carry Me

by Megan

I have to confess to you all that when I asked for your favorite “unsung” children’s literature suggestions, I never could have anticipated such an overwhelming response!  You all showed up with more than ninety replies and oodles of book recommendations.  What an absolute delight! It makes me feel a bit intimidated to share a [...]

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books and music

Creating Enthusiasm for Books Beyond Reading

by Megan

Many parents know that reading to a child for just fifteen minutes a day builds strong pre-literacy skills.  Study after study provides resounding evidence that reading aloud to even the youngest children (including and especially pre-verbal babies) lays the groundwork for a strong sense of language mastery. In the article “Setting the stage for a [...]

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