What is phonemic awareness? Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, recognize, and identify the individual sounds that make up a spoken word. You can start working on your child’s phonemic awareness before he or she starts reading or even knows the alphabet. Activity #1: Segmenting Sounds Here is a video demonstrating this strategy: Counting…

Here are two podcast episodes with tips on how to talk to your kids about I.C.E.: Care and Feeding: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-real-about-ice-in-your-neighborhood/id774383607?i=1000747074079 What Fresh Hell Parenting Podcast: https://www.whatfreshhellpodcast.com/how-do-we-talk-about-whats-happening-in-minnesota-with-erin-cox

Every child deserves an academic environment that supports his or her needs. Identifying and addressing potential issues early is in your child’s best interest. Let’s say your kid’s teacher suggests an IEP. Are you the type of parents who feels relieved that a teacher is picking up on potential issues and getting the support ball…

Magic E Song: a-e Song: a-e Story: e-e Song: I do not have an e-e story. i-e Song: i-e Story: o-e Song: o-e Story: u-e Song u-e Story

As a child in the 80’s I received what I now consider to be very surface level math instruction. I learned the rules. I followed the rules. The rules worked. The end. With this surface level training, I managed to successfully earn a high school diploma and a college degree without ever having to think…

It would be great if all children moved seamlessly from the learning to read phase of life to the reading to learn phase of life, but the truth is that being able to accurately and fluently decode words on a page does not automatically result in comprehending the information being read. I like to compare…