This article was written by Dr. Aimee Ketchum, OTD, OTR/L, a pediatric occupational therapist in the NICU at UPMC hospital, the owner/operator of STEM Starts Now early child development program and ...
Sight words are the building blocks of early reading, but memorizing them doesn’t have to be dull. Research shows that multisensory, hands-on activities—combining movement, touch, and play—help kids ...
This fun activity teaches and reinforces common sight words to build reading fluency. Sight words make up 50 to 75% of all words in early reading materials. These are whole words learned by sight, ...
Betsy Gaynor was trying to figure out what she wanted to do with her life, and considered getting into education. Then a mentor gave her some advice that stuck. “She told me: ‘Don’t just go into ...