Back to school season brings up a lot of feelings, and not just for kids. If you are feeling anxious about drop off, you are not alone, and there is a lot you can do to make the transition smoother for both of you. Consider this your pep talk.

Explore 100+ words that start with A for preschool and kindergarten, plus fun activities and simple tips to build early literacy and letter recognition.

Discover 50+ rhyming words with you, plus fun games and simple activities to help your child build phonological awareness and early reading skills.

Creating a homeschool curriculum for kindergarten? Explore the foundational literacy skills, phonics, and sight words that help children learn to read.

Is your child's school teaching phonics or guessing strategies? Learn the difference between structured literacy and balanced literacy, plus 3 questions to ask.

Ready for some low-pressure, fun ways to avoid the summer slide? Here’s a roundup of my favorite first grade summer reading activities to get you started.

There’s so much room for low-pressure learning when school’s out, and it doesn’t have to feel like doing homework. Here are some of my favorite ways to weave meaningful reading practice for your kindergartener into your summer fun. 

Finding the right online summer reading program can make a huge difference for early readers. Here’s what to look for in a summer reading program, plus some of my favorite ways to keep reading fun this season.

Looking for an online reading tutor can get overwhelming fast, especially when your child is still little, and you’re not even sure what kind of support they need. Here’s what to know about choosing an online reading program for your early reader. 

Looking for simple sound mapping activities to help your early reader? These playful, research-backed activities will help your child map sounds to letters and build strong reading confidence.

Working on short vowel words for kindergarteners? This guide has everything you need to support your child. Inside, you’ll find word lists, easy teaching tips, and playful ways to practice that build reading confidence.

Today, we’re learning how to support your child while learning sight words in first grade so they can build strong reading skills. Inside, you’ll find word lists, teaching strategies, and easy ways to practice at home so they can read with confidence.

If you’re working on long vowel words with U, this guide will walk you through it in a way that feels super doable. You’ll find simple word lists and playful ways to practice so your child can build confidence with both reading and spelling.

R-controlled vowels are one of the trickier phonics patterns. Your child might be reading simple words with short vowels but get stumped on a word like car or bird. In this guide, we’ll walk through what R-controlled vowels are and how you can help your child practice them at home with simple activities and word lists.

Phonemic awareness is one of the most important building blocks of learning to read, but it’s often confused with phonological awareness and phonics. In this guide, we’ll break down the three P’s of learning to read so you can understand how these skills build on each other to support strong readers.

Pencil grasp might seem like a tiny detail when your preschooler is coloring, but it plays a big role in how their writing develops over time. In this guide, we’ll cover simple pencil grasp tricks and activities that can help your preschooler build strong writing habits from the start.

What are digraphs? If your child is learning to read, you’ll start hearing this term once they move beyond simple letter sounds. In this guide, we’ll walk through what digraphs are, how they’re different from blends, and how you can help your child practice them at home with examples and word lists.