Dyslexia, autism, developmental language disorder, executive function challenges, and ADHD are all expressions of our human neurodiversity. This section addresses common learning differences, what it means for learning to read, and how teachers can support students in their classrooms.
A new sibling changes a family. The baby demands everyone’s attention and time — but there are few as demanding as Boss Baby. Older siblings can learn to share — even reluctantly as Martha finds out, or sometimes unexpectedly as Lilly or Stanley do. Regardless, older siblings eventually come to love the new baby in their family just like Peter, Edward and Socks. Meet these and other memorable characters in the books suggested here.
The Early Education Initiative seeks to promote a high-quality and continuous system of early care and education for children from birth to age 8. The Early Education Initiative seeks to promote a high-quality and continuous system of early care and education for all children, birth to age 8. It is an initiative of the New America Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute.
Many computer products have built-in accessibility options such as text-to-speech, screen magnification options, or voice input controls. Learn what some of these optional features are and how to integrate them into instruction and studying.
Integrating high-frequency words into phonics lessons allows students to make sense of spelling patterns for these words. To do this, high-frequency words need to be categorized according to whether they are spelled entirely regularly or not. This article describes how to “rethink” teaching of high-frequency words.
It’s fun and it’s intimidating. It’s the end and it’s the beginning. It’s time to greet another season and say goodbye to summer. A new school year is starting — a time to discover new books, new friends, new ideas and more. You’ll meet people in these books as they share good days and not so good, as they celebrate books and words, and as they enjoy meeting new friends!
Learning the meanings of new words (vocabulary) helps children to read more complex books and stories and to learn wonderful new things. Children learn new words by being read to and by reading on their own; the more children read, the more words they are likely to know.
