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KINDERGARTEN SIGHT WORDS 📲Swipe & save this lis

KINDERGARTEN SIGHT WORDS 📲Swipe & save this list of 52 high-frequency words to practise with your #kindergarten kiddo!⁠⁠
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High-frequency "sight words" make up as much as 75% of the text in children's books and other printed materials. WOW!⁠⁠⁠
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✔️Sight word flash cards are inexpensive and easy to make at home!⁠⁠⁠
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Here are a few tips to practise at home from our Director, Diane:⁠⁠⁠
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👉 Start with one or two and practice until they are known on sight.⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
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👉 Sight words shouldn't be sounded out. They should be recognized almost instantly when mastered.⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
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👉Turn off distraction and go slowly.⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
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Does your little one know these words? 👧👀⁠⠀⁠⠀⁠⁠⁠
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#thereadingschool #highfrequencywords #beginnerreading #earlyreading #earlyyears #kindergarten #gradeone #gradetwo #gradethree #dyslexia #structuredliteracy #ortongillingham #raisingreaders #spelling #phonics #dolchwords #teachersfollowteachers

👦Which of these conditions have YOU found makes

👦Which of these conditions have YOU found makes the biggest difference for your child with #ADHD?⁠
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From @thechildhoodcollective:⁠
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"As Dr. Russell Barkley discusses in his work, certain conditions are likely to better support our kids with ADHD, including:⁠
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💥novel situations - kids with ADHD tend to do better at the beginning of the school year; around infrequently seen visitors; with stimulating, exciting educational materials⁠
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💥immediate feedback - whether reinforcing a desirable behavior or providing corrective feedback, kids with ADHD do better when the feedback on their behavior is immediate; this is a big reason I often urge against recess removal or home consequences for school misbehavior… the delayed nature of those consequences does not provide a good learning opportunity and often results in more harm to a relationship than good⁠
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💥one-on-one - with a teacher, a single peer, a grandparent, or a parent with no siblings around… kids with ADHD tend to do better with individualized attention⁠
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💥in the morning - most kids with ADHD perform their best in the morning hours; this can be helpful when planning school work and class schedules… plan for more demanding activities in the morning, and easier, more interesting, and more physical tasks for the afternoon"⁠
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#thereadingschool #adhdawareness #adhdsupport⁠

How did you explain to your child that they have a

How did you explain to your child that they have a #learningdisability? 👧Did you fear that putting a "label" on their learning struggles would mean putting a label on their whole selves?⁠
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✅ Giving your child age-appropriate information about their unique learning style and, yes, using the term "learning disability" can actually help set them up for success.⁠
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As Richard Lavoie explains in "The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child" :⁠
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"The demystification process is a crucial step in the child’s journey toward self-advocacy. As an adolescent and adult, she must know how to explain her difficulties and needs to teachers, coaches, and employers without parental intervention."⁠
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#thereadingschool #learningdisabilities #learningforall⁠
#dyslexia #creativeminds #learningtoread #autismsupport #spelling #educationforall #structuredliteracy #raisingreaders #adhd #phonics #ortongillingham

When should a child be able to read and speak the

When should a child be able to read and speak the phonogram "sh" correctly? By age 6! 👧✔️Does this surprise you?⁠
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Most children struggle with some sounds as they develop their speaking & reading fluency.⁠
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Instead of correcting every instance, making both of you feel flustered, try engaging with your child and using the correct pronunciation!⁠
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💡If your child pronounces the "sh" sound incorrectly while reading aloud, wait until the end of the sentence or next pause. Then try asking a question about the text with the correct sound.⁠
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Here's an example of a gentle reinforcement of the "sh" sound as your child reads aloud:⁠
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👧 Child: "Blow out the candles and make a wich!"⁠
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👩‍🦳 Parent: "Oooo... what would you wish for if it were your birthday?"⁠
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Bam. 💥 Reinforcement without criticism.⁠
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🙋‍♀️Tag a parent pal who's raising a reader!⁠
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#thereadingschool #raisingreaders #earlyliteracy #adhd #dyslexia #learningdisability

We love this reframing from @curious.parenting! 👏 Parenting a child with a learning disability adds an extra layer of challenge and frustration, don't you agree?⁠
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👩‍👧‍👦Go easy on yourself, mama! You are your child's BEST advocate and friend.⁠
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In the worse of @curious.parenting:⁠
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“When you enter a mindset, you enter a new world. In one world — the world of fixed traits — success is about proving you’re smart or talented. Validating yourself. In the other — the world of changing qualities — it’s about stretching yourself to learn something new.” — Carol Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success⁣⁠
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Stuck in a fixed mindset, we see ability and character as constants, imagine a binary future where we can only succeed or fail. When we succeed, we prove that we’re innately ‘good,’ ‘smart,’ or ‘competent.’ When we fail, we prove that we’re not ‘cut out for this’, that we just don’t have ‘what it takes’.⁣⁠
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A growth mindset, on the other hand, sees failure not as evidence that we’re doomed, but as an integral part of the process of growth. When we see challenges as part of a process rather than the end of an evaluation, we are more likely to center curiosity, trust, and growth. ⁣⁠
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Dweck posits that: “as you begin to understand the fixed and growth mindsets, you will see exactly how one thing leads to another—how a belief that your qualities are carved in stone leads to a host of thoughts and actions, and how a belief that your qualities can be cultivated leads to a host of different thoughts and actions, taking you down an entirely different road.”⁣⁠
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#thereadingschool #learningdisabilities #dyslexia #adhd #structuredliteracy #readingintervention #learningdisabilityawareness #peacefulparenting

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