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Short “a” words are often used towards the beginning of teaching a child to read. Here are some examples of easy “short a” words. I include -and because “and” is such a frequent word.1 -at-an-am-ab-ag-ap-ad-ax-as-andother wordsatanamcabbagmapDadaxasandacatfandamlabtagcapmadwaxgashandratmanjamtabragnapsadhaslandbatranbamdabwagtappadsandmatcanramsaggapbadsatvanyamlaphadfatpansappattanMatSamPatPam Young…

I sought decodable readers to practice the “short a” sound. Our library has a collection of phonic boxes, many with popular characters. Unfortunately, many of them are not, in fact, decodable for beginning readers because they contain…

A 0-100 (or sometimes 1-100) chart is one of several representations that are often used in early math education. There are lots of activities you can do with a 100 chart – and many people offering 100-chart…

Matching activities are popular for toddlers. For instance, the Lovevery play kit for months 19-21 has a match pictures activity (e.g. matching the image of a butterfly to another image of a butterfly). The kit for months…

Conversations I recently had led me to a dive into the ‘gifted child’ literature. Are there ways how to make a student a gifted child, i.e. raise a child’s IQ? Conversely, are there things parents should avoid…

People, even small ones, form their own ideas about things based on language, things they observe, etc. While some of these ideas can provide good anchors for new information, others can hinder learning. Study after study has…