Learning English with your Children and Teens: Using a Chore Chart to Practice Overall Fluency By: Nicole DeSalle, M.F.A. Posted on: March 29, 2022 Planning out the week’s chores provides an excellent opportunity to practice English skills.
Learning English With Your Children and Teens: Practice Paraphrasing With a New Game By: Kate Will, M.A. Posted on: February 22, 2022 English learners can have fun with their families and learn a communication strategy by making and playing a card game.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teen’s Home Learning: Combine Reading Aloud With Guided Play to Develop Listening Comprehension Skills By: Anna Gibbs, Ph.D. Posted on: December 14, 2021 Retelling a story with household items and conversation facilitates use of listening comprehension skills.
Learning English With Your Children and Teens: Making and Playing Games to Practice English By: Kate Will, M.A. Posted on: November 30, 2021 Games like our Word Match reinforce vocabulary instruction in a fun way.
Learning English With Your Children and Teens: Focus on Language Development During Shared Reading By: Nicole DeSalle, M.F.A.Deborah K. Reed, Ph.D. Posted on: October 26, 2021 Keep characteristics like rhyming and other language elements in mind when selecting and reading aloud a book together.
Learning English With Your Children and Teens: Using Junk Mail to Practice English By: Nicole DeSalle, M.F.A. Posted on: March 30, 2021 Engage the family with activities that practice English vocabulary, grammar, speaking, and more.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Paired Oral Reading By: Jake Downs Posted on: July 7, 2020 Children can work on reading fluency and comprehension while reading along with a caregiver.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Engaging Preschool and Kindergarten-Aged children in Literacy-Focused Guided Play By: Alexandra Fell, Ed.M. Posted on: May 19, 2020 Caregivers can implement three key elements to help grow literacy and pre-literacy skills.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Identifying Themes in Literary Text By: Leah Zimmermann, Ph.D.Deborah K. Reed, Ph.D. Posted on: April 28, 2020 Families can help their adolescents practice this comprehension skill as they look for clues in the text.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Educational Video Programming and Literacy Learning By: Deborah K. Reed, Ph.D. Posted on: April 21, 2020 Three tips to keep in mind while watching TV as a home learning activity.