Language Arts

Want to add some learning fun to your daily lessons? Check out how to use fun facts in the classroom and keep your students engaged!

Create a classroom of writers with these fun writing activities for middle school students! There’s something for everyone!

Introduce your students to some word fun with these rhyming activities for preschool, kindergarten, and lower elementary!

Help your preschooler and kindergarten students learn about words by discovering how to teach rhyming words so that they stick!

Does your child read aloud haltingly–a bit like a robot? Does he skip over words or miss the meaning in passages? He needs help improving reading fluency. Read on for some helpful reading fluency strategies.

Start some hoppin’ conversations this year with these fun (and funny!) 25 Easter Would You Rather Questions for kids!

Vowels are the mainstay of any language; they are the sounds you sing in words. To teach a child to read, you need to know how to teach vowels.

Start some fun conversations with kids this Spring using these 25 Spring Would You Rather Questions for Kids!

Knowing how to teach CVC words can mean the difference between students grasping the concept quickly or needing extra time. Here’s how!

Knowing how to teach informational writing to students in K-2 can make your language arts lessons a whole lot easier! These tips can help!

Curious about how to teach colors to toddlers and preschoolers? Don’t worry! We have you covered! Introducing colors to your toddlers can be a fun process for everyone involved.  As children are naturally attracted to colorful objects, watching them learn to identify the individual colors and hues is both enjoyable and rewarding.  So, how do we …

Have you always wanted to learn American Sign Language? Now you can learn ASL at home with the help of this self-paced language course! Self-Paced ASL Class I’m not sure who has been more curious about learning American Sign Language – me or the kids. It’s a language I have always been interested in learning …

You know the song: “A-B-C is easy as 1-2-3.” But teaching the ABCs?  Here’s the skinny on how to teach letters in a simple, fun, and memorable way. How to Teach the Alphabet Hands-on Activities If you are wondering how to teach your child to recognize the letters of the alphabet, make it tactile!  Little …

S-P-E-L-L-I-N-G. How do you turn this core subject into a fun and refreshing part of your homeschool day? Try these fun ways to learn spelling words! How to Teach Spelling Everyone knows the importance of teaching reading, but is teaching spelling really necessary? Surely a child will learn how to spell simply by reading, right? …

Get to know your favorite people better with these fun 100 Would You Rather Questions for Kids! What is Would You Rather? Would You Rather is a quirky question game made for all ages.  It’s simple, fun, and highly addictive.  What’s great about playing this with the kiddos is that you will most definitely learn …

What do you do when you have to teach writing, but you’re not sure how? You enlist the help of an online middle school writing program that makes it easy! Middle School Research Paper Program With the youngest being in 7th grade, finding a middle school writing curriculum that would compliment what she was already …

Teaching children to read is not easy. So, when there’s a kindergarten phonics app that can increase reading scores by 74%, it’s definitely worth trying! Teaching Phonics and Sight Words When my youngest son was first learning to read, he really struggled with phonics. His older brother has dyslexia, so I wanted to make sure …

Boom cards? They’re not just fun, they’re also great teaching and review tools! Learn more about using Boom cards for ELA! This article contains affiliate links to products that may help you. The Versatility of Boom Cards In a previous post, I introduced an amazing new teaching tool, Boom Cards.  If you’re not familiar with …

Letter reversals can be a struggle for some children. Though it can be troubling for parents and teachers, it’s not necessarily cause for alarm. Letter reversals aren’t uncommon in children 7 years old and younger. Why do kids reverse letters? One of the first things that come to mind with letter reversals is dyslexia. It’s …

Whether you’re teaching virtually, in class, or homeschooling, you’re going to want to learn more about Boom Cards! There are so many reasons that kids, teachers, and parents love these digital wonders. This post contains affiliate links. What are Boom Cards? So what are Boom Cards, anyway? In a nutshell, they’re interactive, digital, self-grading task …