Spelling analysis is a powerful tool for helping students master decoding and spelling. Spelling patterns are like little lights illuminating how the student’s brain has …
Readable letters and correctly spelled words are two must-have building blocks for literacy. But literacy is more than words. To be literate students must be …
Emergent Literacy Skills The goal of literacy, like language itself, is communication. In our previous post, we introduced comprehensible input – the way, through a …
The Importance of Early Literacy As we begin the new year (and, by the way, Happy New Year!) we’d like to do all we can …
In a recent “Best of NPR” newsletter, Christopher Dean Hopkins writes about helping young students cope with unusual conditions as they return to school. He …
As we move into another school year, parents everywhere are scrambling for resources and examining the “lessons” of last year’s experience. Whether the local school …
Worried about learning loss in your child during this summer break? While it’s true that learning loss can affect all children who take an extended …
Learning Loss. It happens every summer and affects children in grades k-6 the hardest. But you can protect your child from this annual occurrence with …
If you have a child, you may have seen the terms #learningloss and #summerslide trending in your social media feeds. The idea is quite simple: …
March is officially National Reading Awareness Month. At Lexercise, where every month is reading awareness month, we’re happy to note this public celebration of reading. …
January 23 is National Handwriting Day, established in 1977 by the Writing Instrument Manufacturers Association to encourage people to buy pens and pencils. Today, it …
Who’s on your gift list this year? If you’re shopping for children with dyslexia or other learning differences, we’re here to help! In our Lexercise …