Littles Love Learning Podcast

Reading is one of the most important skills your child will learn. But reading is HARD for many kids! Our brains aren't wired to read, so it requires perseverance, grit, and determination to master t…

***This podcast episode was originally a video where I show an example of how to correctly write the lowercase letters a, c, d, g, o, and q (what I like to call 2 o'clock letters). To watch the origi…

When you're teaching your child to read, don't forget to also teach them how to spell. Reading and spelling go hand in hand, and BOTH are required for your child to have a strong literacy foundation.…

Reading is one of the most important skills your child will learn. If they are not taught correctly from the start, it will cause a lot of struggles later on, which will require intervention to corre…

One of the most important steps when teaching your child to read is teaching them how to segment and blend sounds in words.

This starts with LOTS of oral segmenting and blending (phonemic awareness), …

One of the most important steps when teaching your child to read is teaching them how to segment and blend the sounds in words.

This starts with LOTS of oral segmenting and blending (phonemic awarenes…

Reading is one of the most important skills your child will learn. If you're a parent who wants to teach your child to read at home, you might think you need a lot of supplies or a fancy curriculum.

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In order to become strong readers and spellers, kids need to be explicitly taught phonics skills in a systematic way to prepare them for the complexities of the English language.

Usually teachers are…

Reading is one of the most important skills your child will learn. If they are not taught correctly from the start, it will cause a lot of struggles later on, which will require intervention to corre…

As parents and teachers of young children, we know how important it is to work on literacy skills with our kids. We want to teach them according to the Science of Reading so they grow into strong rea…

Learning to read involves DECODING (reading the words on the page) and LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION (understanding what the words mean).

The Simple View of Reading states: DECODING x LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION …

As early childhood educators & parents, it's SO important that we're introducing the alphabet correctly to our little ones right from the beginning.

That includes teaching them how to CLEARLY say each…

Do you know what to do when your child asks you the question, "How do you spell...?"

As a teacher and literacy specialist, I see many parents quick to jump in and tell their child how to spell a certa…

Do you know what the summer slide is? Do you know how to avoid it for your little one in preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten?

As a teacher and a mom, I work hard to make sure my students and my own kids…

If you have a preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten little one, I bet your child's teacher would LOVE for you to know these 3 things.

As a teacher and a mom, these are the things I share with my students'…

***This podcast episode was originally a video where I show an example of how to correctly write each number. To watch the original video, click here.

Handwriting is a crucial skill to focus on in pre…

***This podcast episode was originally a video where I show an example of how to correctly write each lowercase letter of the English alphabet. To watch the original video, click here.

Handwriting is …

***This podcast episode was originally a video where I show an example of how to correctly write each uppercase letter of the English alphabet. To watch the original video, click here.

Handwriting is …

Poetry is an amazing tool to use with preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten littles to help them develop a variety of literacy skills.

Keep listening for 5 reasons you should be using poetry with your st…

As parents and teachers of preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten littles, we need to understand the typical progression of scissor skills & the timeline of development in order to help our kids use scis…