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Primary Birthdays

PUBLISHED: January 11, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

Darn it, I had every intention of taking pictures of the primary birthday things I made, but then I handed them out....I found a few items on Continue Reading

Moving on to bigger steps is the final "step" in teaching reading. It's a whole new world for early readers -- and YOU can help them see it all!

Teaching Reading for Parents: Step 4 — BIG books

PUBLISHED: January 10, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

We're not talking War and Peace here, but it's time to move onto books with complete sentences.  Maybe things that normal humans would say. Continue Reading

Teaching sight words is an imoprtant step when you're teaching reading. Here are some ways to do it while keeping it fun.

Teaching Reading to your kids: Step 3 — Sight Words

PUBLISHED: January 9, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

Teaching sight words is a great way for kids to feel good about themselves and words they just know. I think it's dumb to have steps, as all of Continue Reading

God Owns My Life.

PUBLISHED: January 8, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

I was reading back through some of my blog posts and I came across the one that was the day I realized that I needed to let God own my life.People had Continue Reading

Small books are a key step in teaching reading. The smaller the better, the more repetative the better. Books that make you want to die rather than read them over, and over, and over... and over.

Teaching Reading for parents: Step 2 — Small Books

PUBLISHED: January 8, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

Small books are my arch nemesis.  Thankfully, they are small.  Aka, short.  As in, although it feels like it took them an hour to read it, it was less Continue Reading

Learning letters is all about fun & games. Here are six games to play to learn your letter sounds!

Teaching Reading for parents: Step 1 — Sounds, Phonics

PUBLISHED: January 7, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

Reading isn't all about squirmy reading on the couch.  A lot of it can be REALLY fun -- especially teaching letters!  Learning sounds phonics can Continue Reading

5 Tips for Early Readers

PUBLISHED: January 6, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

I am just a mom who has had pretty good success teaching my 3 children how to read.  Each time I thought it was a fluke.  I think 3 times Continue Reading

Flashback Weekend

PUBLISHED: January 4, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

Well, now that I have spilled my OCD all over the place with my weekly cleaning schedule I'm fresh out of ideas, so I'm flashing back to one of my Continue Reading

T-Shirt Filing

PUBLISHED: January 4, 2014 | By Hilary Erickson

I've had a few friends talk about T-shirt filing that I talked about in my Wednesday cleaning schedule. a.  it's life changing.  You can put SO Continue Reading

Weekly Cleaning Plan: Sundays

PUBLISHED: December 29, 2013 | By Hilary Erickson

Sundays is my "day off" -- at least from cleaning.This isn't anything new for the LDS readers of my blog, but for others I know that often Sunday is Continue Reading

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