Archive for August, 2012

Synergistic Phonics and Fluency Instruction: The Magic of Rhyming Poetry!

Annotations August 13, 2012 at 3:20 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Andrea Wondra This article states that phonics and fluency must be taught, practiced and nurtured in the earliest stages of reading instruction […]

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Linking Literacy and Movement

Annotations August 13, 2012 at 3:16 pm 1 comment

An Annotation by Andrea Wondra This article tells of the importance of physical movement, rhythm of language and linking those elements to literacy for young […]

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Early Childhood Education Students’ Emergent Skills in Literacy Scaffolding

Annotations August 13, 2012 at 3:12 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Andrea Wondra As a teacher in the Department of Education and Schooling at Mount Royal University in Canada, Jodi Nickel conducted a […]

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Early Literacy Development: Skill Growth and Relations between Classroom Variables for Preschool Children.

Annotations August 13, 2012 at 3:06 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Andrea Wondra This study suggests that children who are behind in early emergent literacy skills when starting kindergarten will remain behind and […]

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Rhyming and Folk Tales

Annotations August 13, 2012 at 2:57 pm Comments are Disabled

An Annotation by Andrea Wondra Philip Clarkson gives a convincing argument for using rhyming and folk tales to help children comprehend mathematical problems.  He makes […]

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The benefits of confusion (and other emotions)

The benefits of confusion (and other emotions)

The Edge of Education August 9, 2012 at 11:39 am Comments are Disabled

Confused by that headline?  Great!  I’ve got you right where I want you. Usually, when we talk about the best way to learn something, most […]

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Back to school with the brain in mind

Back to school with the brain in mind

Got Brains?, The Edge of Education August 7, 2012 at 11:04 am Comments are Disabled

You may still be shaking sand from your beach towels, but those catchy T.V. commercials and colorful newspaper ads are gently reminding us all that […]

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Boys and girls see the world differently.

Boys and girls see the world differently.

The Edge of Education August 2, 2012 at 4:52 pm Comments are Disabled

For years, well meaning social scientists, parents, and teachers have battled for gender equity by giving our girls toy cars and asking our boys to […]

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