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Our Early Literacy Play Groups are designed for children ages 3–7 who already have some alphabet knowledge and are ready to take the exciting next step into early blending skills.
Each session is filled with hands-on, interactive strategies that can be used at home to support children’s journey into reading. Through a mix of play-based and sensory activities—all with seasonally themed fun—children will strengthen early literacy skills, practice blending sounds, and build a love for learning.
This group is a joyful mix of learning, playing, singing, and exploring, using practical tools and ideas to nurture reading readiness every day.
- Explore seasonally- themed fun with a literacy twist!
- Learn how to work on comprehension
- Beginning word blending
- Strategies that you can take home to your kitchen table!
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Phonics
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- Phonics Sets for Children ages 3-8: A unique collection of hands-on materials and interactive learning sets perfect for morning baskets, independent learning, and practicing skills with your learning little!
Free Resources
Get expert insight into the most common questions and concerns of parents with littles who are learning to read! Check out these free videos right here on my YouTube channel, You Can Teach Your Child to Read!
Blending Mats
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- Build strong early reading skills with these hands-on Blending Mats! Designed for beginning readers, these mats help children practice phonics, CVC words, and early blending strategies in a fun and interactive way. Just add magnetic letters, letter tiles, or dry-erase markers, and students can start sounding out words, blending phonemes, and gaining confidence as readers.
- Perfect for kindergarten, first grade, homeschool, literacy centers, small groups, and RTI, these mats give students repeated practice with the essential skills they need to become fluent and confident readers. Parents and teachers love how easy they are to use for guided reading, independent practice, or take-home learning activities.
Family Literacy Coaching
- Support your child’s reading journey with Parent & Family Literacy Coaching Sessions designed to give you the tools and confidence to teach your child at home. Unlike traditional tutoring, these sessions are customized coaching experiences where parents stay involved every step of the way.
- Each 45-minute session includes 30 minutes of interactive parent-and-me instruction with your child, followed by 15 minutes of parent coaching. You’ll walk away with personalized strategies, hands-on activities, and ready-to-use materials that fit your child’s unique needs.
- Whether your child is just starting to blend sounds or building early comprehension, these sessions empower families with practical techniques, behavior strategies, and literacy routines that make learning fun and effective.
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