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7 Ideas for Encouraging Flexible Thinking in Young Children
October 15, 2024
Flexible thinking is an essential ingredient of problem solving. The more children develop flexibility in their thinking, the better they’ll be at considering a problem from multiple perspectives, adjusting their…
5 Ideas for Enhancing Comprehension During Small-Group Instruction
October 10, 2024
Today’s post is excerpted and adapted from Smartt & Glaser’s Next STEPS in Literacy Instruction, Second Edition. Comprehension is the goal of reading. Reading comprehension, the act of deriving meaning from…
9 Ways Home Visitors Can Support Infant Mental Health
October 8, 2024
During a home visit with a baby and caregiver(s), what should professionals do to support infant mental health and infant–caregiver attachment? A home visit is the perfect opportunity to provide…
The Why, What, and How of The Writing Rope
October 3, 2024
*Today’s guest post is by Joan Sedita, author of the bestselling guidebook The Writing Rope. Over the past two decades, the literature and discourse related to literacy instruction has focused on reading,…
10 Questions for Creating Culturally Responsive School Environments
October 1, 2024
How can schools create supportive, culturally responsive environments for students with disabilities from diverse backgrounds? Adapted from the second edition of The IEP Checklist, the questions in today’s post will help…
5 Must-Dos for Explicit Vocabulary Instruction
September 26, 2024
Good readers need broad and deep vocabulary knowledge—it’s the key to unlocking the meanings within the wide range of academic texts students will need to master. With some planning, teachers…
6 Guidelines for Trauma-Sensitive School Leadership
September 24, 2024
*Today’s post is from Ms. Jen Alexander, a licensed educator, trauma expert, and the author of Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools and Quick-Guides for Building Trauma-Sensitive Schools. School communities have always encountered…
10 Early Intervention Elements that Influence Positive Outcomes
September 19, 2024
How can home visiting programs demonstrate improved outcomes for parents and children—and secure the funding they need to help more families? Collecting data and monitoring outcomes with a reliable tool…
5 Tools and Tips for Building Sentence Comprehension
September 17, 2024
*Today’s guest post is by Nancy Hennessy & Julia Salamone, authors of The Reading Comprehension Blueprint Activity Book. Sentences have been described as the “worker bees” that eventually add up…
Home Visiting 101: Improving Your Practice with the PAUSE Method
September 12, 2024
In the new edition of the home visiting guide Tackling the Tough Stuff, authors Angela M. Tomlin and Stephan A. Viehweg present their highly effective PAUSE framework. An acronym that…