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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...

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...

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....

Learning to read is not as easy as ABC. Read on to discover why a systematic sequence is the best way to support phonics teaching and...

The first year of school is crucial for literacy development. It goes by so quickly. Term 2 starts tomorrow here in Western Australia....

Learning to read, how did you do it? Chances are, until you had a child start school, the thought never crossed your mind… If your child...