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The different sounds of OW In this lesson we started by exploring the two different sounds that O and W make together. We began the lesson by writing down on the board examples of words with OW in them and Read More …
One of the many ways that you can help children love literacy and develop their literacy skills is to spend time reading with them. Whether it’s part of a bedtime routine, afternoon quiet time or at your local library, reading Read More …
If someone were to describe you using three words, what do you think they would say? In a recent class at Leap into Literacy we explored how writers use character traits to bring their characters to life. At the start Read More …
One of the many pieces of the literacy puzzle is how we teach our children. We can give them all the tools in the world to help them with their reading and writing, but if there is no connection in Read More …
Meditation is an ancient practice where you learn to become more aware of your thoughts and feelings. Adults often find this process difficult to master, but kids on the other hand are so different! It seems as though they have Read More …
Writers like to keep their reader’s attention, right? One way that they can do this is by being creative with their writing and appealing to the reader’s senses, and also by writing in a way that makes the reading fun. Read More …
Research shows that reading to young children helps to improve literacy and communication skills. But does it matter who does the reading? Any reading is better than no reading, but it may be that not all reading is created equal! Read More …
Literacy refers to the skills of reading and writing. It is an important part of everyday life as it forms the basis of everything we do. If the right foundations aren’t in place, then it can set your child Read More …
The AR digraph and Stories in the Stars In this blog we will focus on our week three class for some of our younger students in years K-1. The focus sound that the children worked on in the class Read More …
Writing using descriptive details In our last blog Building Mind Maps for Descriptive Writing we explored a descriptive writing class for our younger students. In this blog How to Use More Descriptive Details in Your Writing we will focus on our Read More …
