This article was written by Dr. Aimee Ketchum, OTD, OTR/L, a pediatric occupational therapist in the NICU at UPMC hospital, the owner/operator of STEM Starts Now early child development program and ...

Sight words are the building blocks of early reading, but teaching them goes beyond rote memorization. Educators are increasingly blending phonics, games, and technology to make learning engaging and ...

This fun activity teaches and reinforces common sight words to build reading fluency. Sight words make up 50 to 75% of all words in early reading materials. These are whole words learned by sight, ...

Sight words are the building blocks of reading fluency, and teaching them can be both effective and fun. From multisensory activities to printable resources, educators have countless tools to help ...

If you were to poll an audience of educators–classroom teachers, literacy specialists, reading researchers, and university professors–about whether high frequency words should be taught in early ...

Retired teacher Lysa Sassman, who volunteers with Sight Word Busters, helps six-year-old Julian practice his letters as a prelude to sight word work Nov. 13 at Sierra Hills School in Meadow Vista.