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How to Teach Your Child the Alphabet: 5 Pedagogically Sound Tools You Can Use at Home

Are you trying to teach your child the alphabet? There are plenty of tools and resources out there… but not all of them are effective! In this post, I’ll share five pedagogically sound tools I love for teaching letters in early literacy. These tools are extremely powerful, but for some reason they don’t get as […]

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Should I Teach Letter Names or Letter Sounds First? The Big Debate in Early Reading

If you’ve ever taught a child to read (or you’re in the middle of doing so) you’ve probably wondered: Should I teach letter names or letter sounds first? It’s a common question, and one that has sparked a lot of debate. Let’s look at what research has to say about this, what makes sense developmentally, […]

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