Here is a great way to help children practice segmenting and blending in a fun way. Give students a stretchable item such as silly putty or a slinky. Give them a word to “stretch out” into it’s segmented parts. As they stretch out the word slowly, tell them to stretch the item they are holding. [...]

A new class of kindergarten students are about to embark on their first day of school in the next couple of weeks. Some will come to school already knowing how to read and write many words while others will not even know how to speak English. For kindergarten teachers all across America, the challenge to [...]