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Foundational skills are the building blocks of reading and writing—where sounds, print, and meaning come together to create confident, capable young literacy learners.”

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Here you’ll find practical ideas, engaging activities, and research-based strategies to support phonological awareness, early phonics, and beginning fluency. Each post is designed to make learning joyful, effective, and developmentally appropriate for your youngest readers—one letter, sound, syllable, and sentence at a time.

Editable Name Boards – 3 Proven Ways to Help Young Learners Read, Spell, and Write Their Names

There’s something magical about the moment a young learner proudly recognizes, spells, or writes their name for the very first…
Read Post Editable Name Boards – 3 Proven Ways to Help Young Learners Read, Spell, and Write Their Names

10 Proven Fluency Practice Activities That Boost Kindergarten Success

Why Is Fluency So Important? Have you ever wondered why some beginning readers sound choppy while others read smoothly and…
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Brain research supports using orthographic mapping for sight word learning.

5 Proven SOR-Aligned Strategies Make Kindergarten Sight Words Stick

Have you ever spent weeks working on sight words with your students—only to find your students can’t remember ‘are’ or…
Read Post 5 Proven SOR-Aligned Strategies Make Kindergarten Sight Words Stick

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