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How to Teach Beginning Literacy
Learn all the principles of effective beginning literacy instruction.

How to Teach Beginning Literacy
K-2 Teachers and homeschooling parents: do you need guidance teaching the world’s hardest written code to beginning readers?
Register now for $150. Space is limited.
With our logical, evidence based methods we’ve helped hundreds of local kids gain success with literacy. We’re ready to help many more children learn to read and write by empowering their parents and teachers with knowledge, skills, and tools.
Join us for a 3 hour in-person workshop where you'll learn the basics of teaching beginning literacy. There will be hands-on activities and lesson demonstrations, as well as a question and answer period. You'll come away inspired, and more capable of teaching vital skills and knowledge to young learners.
You’ll learn about:
-The nature of the English alphabet code - why it’s so hard to learn and tricky to teach
-The prevalence of bad teaching practices that lead to dyslexia - and how to avoid them
-What it means to teach in a sound-to-print orientation, and why it’s so crucially important that we do
-Child development - how children learn best, and what that means for literacy instruction
-How to keep the logic of the code clear
-The learning objectives for literacy development - grade by grade, K-2
-Scaffolding the code’s complexity for young children - how to teach the simple parts of the code first, then build as the child’s intellect grows.
-The supreme importance of phonemic awareness
-The essential sub skills for reading and writing, and how to build them with specific lessons, games, and activities
-Why early success with literacy is so important for the development of confidence
-How to create opportunities for young learners to gain success with the code
-How confidence fuels the learning process
-How to help dyslexic kids
Register now for $150. Space is limited.