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@KarinMariaPsyD is saying the things needed to be said. While she is speaking of dyslexia, I would argue that any student behind at all in literacy is facing unnecessary anxiety and challenges to their learning and confidence. There are many people who are stepping up for our
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If your child becomes a voracious reader, 80% of the educational work is already done. I read 200-page books every night at age 10. Today I read research articles for fun. Most knowledge people think requires formal schooling can be gained through reading, audiobooks, or
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This quote literally describes reading instruction in schools over the past several decades:
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There are five things I do in my homeschool to teach history. These work at any age and with any curriculum: 🧵
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I lived for 50 years without regular adoration, and my life was a reactive and self-indulgent mess I’ve lived the past year in regular adoration (2-3 hours per week), and everything has come into focus. Everything I can’t become the man I’m meant to be without regularly sitting
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Phonics is helpful for all children and essential for most. Anyone who says it isn't is a silly goose who shouldn't be listened to (yes, I'm talking to you multimillion dollar curriculum companies). That's why I made this phonics curriculum free. Parents know phonics is best.
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I've experienced this as a rule: rich kids abroad who are learning English as a second language read, write, and speak FAR better than native English-speaking kids in the USA because they're taught using phonics, direct instruction, and classic read alouds. It's embarrassing.
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As a parent, lap reading is a joy. It’s a chance to cuddle your little one, while exposing them to rich vocabulary, concepts of print, and the wonder of books. When it comes to infants, however, lap reading can deprive babies of their favorite (and most important) sight: YOU.
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I told my son’s friend that the SEL changes in 1985 represented an epic failure. He explained “no it was very successful.” I clarified that we are “seeing a response captured in teen statistics.” He explained further that they “wanted people to buy into it and they did very
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There’s a vicious cycle at work where phones shrink attention spans, kids stop reading books, popular culture stops promoting books for fear of boring kids, schools stop teaching books because kids are unable to read them. We’re locked in an ever-escalating spiral of illiteracy.
Thinking about how the SAT reading section now has micropassages that can be as short as 25 words. Absolutely howling at this question from an official College Board practice exam. Bro 😭
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Big Tutoring HATES me lol 😂 I took all the best reading tricks that are used for the richest kids in the world, put them in a book that's easy for parents and kids to use, then put it online for free. Bye bye weaponized illiteracy. 😘 👋🏻 Enjoy! ❤️
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🚨NEW: @ScottAdamsSays does "Simultaneous Sip" from hospital☕️ "Everybody, you ready? Hoist your cup."
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Here's the elephant in the room. While we're all busy yelling, "public school bad!", "homeschool bad!", "private school bad!" all of that energy is being wasted on the real key ingredient - parental engagement. If parents aren't engaged in any system kids fail. Simple as that.
NYTimes: We need to regulate homeschooling; we can't trust parents. Public School: 40% of kids bullied, 30% sexually harassed, 34% read at grade level, $18K a year. Homeschoolers: 0% bullied, 0% sexually harassed, 99% read above grade level, $1000 a year. Wild.
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@KarinMariaPsyD @Parks2032912 @JW_edsolutions Wishing you tremendous advancement in your goal this year! 💪♥️
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@libsoftiktok The real story here isn’t ideology. It’s selective silence and institutional negligence. Prior violence matters. Ignoring it costs lives.
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If your kid is an avid reader, 80% of their education is solved.
As someone who has taught at both the high school and college level, I consider it an unquestionable, undervalued truth that avid readers make the most capable students. Why? Because readers become thinkers who become well-spoken, innovative problem-solvers. How? Reading
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I am a huge Don and Jenny Killgallon fan. I just realized they published these two books in the last year. The focus of their sentence composition work is combining, expanding, and sentence imitation.
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@JW_edsolutions I wish I were. My team is working every day to disrupt pseudoscience masquerading as social and emotional growth in schools. We aim to replace DIY fixes, pop psychology, and poorly researched, kid‑targeted SEL programs with legitimate professional development—crafted to command
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@tombennett71 @RaisingMoxie We talk about the benefits of experiencing stress and emotions—which we cannot avoid, actually. We talk about acclimating to stress and emotions. We also think about dosing stress and emotions to build emotional endurance. In schools, we recruit kids to volunteer to
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@tombennett71 @RaisingMoxie Education is prevention. Educate the adults in the school building.
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