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How To Teach Kids To Read: Flexible Strategies For Every Family

Children learn to read when letter sounds and blending are taught in a fixed order and practiced with books built from those sounds. Here is how to teach kids to read on any family schedule.

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Prepositions For Kids: What They Are, A Word List And Examples

Prepositions are small words like in, on and after that show where, when or how things connect. This guide to prepositions for kids adds a word list, 10 example sentences and practice with answers.

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Phonics vs Whole Language: What the Research Says

Research favors systematic phonics for beginning readers, but the read-alouds, real books and writing that whole language prized still matter. This phonics vs whole language guide compares both, with five examples.

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How To Teach Red Words: Steps For Tricky Words

Teach red words by mapping, not by memorizing shapes: sound out the regular letters, then learn only the tricky part by heart. This guide shows how to teach red words with scripts and printable cards.

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Phonics vs Phonemic Awareness: Key Differences and Examples

Phonemic awareness is hearing and changing the sounds in spoken words, and phonics is linking those sounds to letters. This guide to phonics vs phonemic awareness adds examples, research and a practice sort.

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100+ Vocabulary Activities for Kids: Pre-K to 8th Grade

Here are 101 vocabulary activities for kids from pre-K to 8th grade (ages 3–14), sorted by age, with time and materials for each. Parents and teachers can rotate three a week.

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