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What’s So Punny?

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Young children absolutely love silly jokes. Corny puns, lame knock-knock jokes, and the like can send kids into paroxysms of laughter at their own cleverness. Why do kids like these cheesy jokes so much, the ones that make you roll … Continued

Avoid the Summer Slide

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Summer officially began just yesterday (June 21), but many kids have already been out of school for over a month. If you are a parent, you may be wondering if your children will forget what they learned during the last … Continued

What’s in a Name?

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When I tell people what I do for a living, I often end up explaining what sight words are, which usually includes an explanation of why they are called sight words. Sight words are words that you need to know … Continued

Literacy Learning for AAC Users

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Literacy is just as important, if not more important, for children who are non-verbal as it is for typically developing children. We are happy to feature a guest post from Jane Odom, M. Ed., Director of Implementation Resources at AAC … Continued

What Makes Proficient Readers

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The Fifth Kids and Family Reading Report (by Scholastic) came out and is a great reminder of how strong readers are made. In the survey of over 1,000 families, both parents and children agreed that the most important developmental skill … Continued

Phonemic and Phonological Awareness Release Update

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We will be releasing the first 20 of our phonemic and phonological awareness modules next week. These 20 modules are part of a full curriculum of approximately 100 lessons that we will release over the coming months. The curriculum The … Continued

Neuroscience of Struggling Readers

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Every teacher knows that children who struggle with reading struggle for different reasons. Some can’t hear the individual sounds (phonemes) in words. Others struggle with processing the sounds in the right order. To paraphrase Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, proficient readers are … Continued

New Year’s Resolutions

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Happy New Year! As we head into 2015, I am excited to share with you some of our release milestones for SightWords.com. A new year always means a new beginning. It is the perfect time to look back, reflect and … Continued

Avoiding Winter Reading Loss

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We all know about the summer learning loss, the backsliding that happens when the kids take three months off for the summer, and come back having forgotten half of last year’s material. Studies suggest that that the average loss is … Continued