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What do I mean by “pretend reading”? Our clever learners are great “picture-with-sentence” memorizers. You know exactly what I mean: they see a picture, know the sentence that goes with that [...]

What material can you create in just a few minutes that your learner will love to read, that will help generalize vocabulary, and that does not need a computer or printer? Personal Pages. You’ll [...]

A Christmastime Book for Emergent Readers: Here’s another free holiday book for your learner…a simple reading book about the social way we celebrate Christmas. Just download, print, [...]

The Christmas Story for Emergent Readers: Here’s another free holiday book for your learner…a simple 11-page reading book about the real Christmas story. Just download, print, bind as [...]

Just for fun, here’s a super-short reading book for your learner. Just print and staple or bind it however you like. At just 7 pages, it might give you some ideas for making your own [...]

THE NEW NORMAL… Right now, your daily routine is NOTHING like it normally is. We’re a few weeks into “shelter in place,” so you’ve probably got a new routine going [...]

APPS FOR CREATING YOUR OWN BOOKS These will make your life easier if you’re in mood to create those awesome Personal Books that I talk about so much. (search for articles on Personal Books [...]

don’t let the boredom bug bite This is crucial. When we’re trying to help our children/teens/adults learn to read, we need–above all–to engage them first. If our learners [...]

We can teach reading to teach talking. “She’s putting four words together now! For the first time ever!!” Mom is thrilled. And this happened because her child is now reading [...]

WHAT’S FREE, FAST, AND TEACHES VOCABULARY LIKE THE BOMB? If you’ve been reading my blogs or my book “Whole Child Reading,” you know I’m talking about Fast Flash. [...]