Book clubs, meetings where adults get together in person or online to discuss books that they have read, have gained popularity in recent years. Book clubs for kids and their parents, including mother-daughter book clubs, father-son book clubs, and parent-child book clubs, have also become popular. Book clubs are a great way for parents and […]
How to Create a Literate Home Atmosphere
What exactly is a “literate home?” It is an environment that encourages children to learn to read and write and become lifelong readers and writers. It is simple and inexpensive to transform your home into a literate home. You need to consider what kinds of materials to have on hand and how to arrange materials […]
Seven Tips From Knowing Your ABCs to Learning to Read for Early Literacy Learning
Hooray! Your child can sing the alphabet like a pro! Now what? Once your child has mastered letter recognition, what can you do to help her get on the path to literacy? Here are seven important tips to consider after your child has learned the letters of the alphabet, but before she’s reading fluently. Focus […]
What You Should Do When Your Child Hates Reading
Would your child rather empty the dishwasher or fold laundry instead of reading a book? Do you have to beg your child to sit down and read—for school or for pleasure? When you see other kids with their noses in books, do you wonder why you never see your own children doing the same? It’s […]
Something Should Not Say to Emerging Readers
Through the whole, sometimes long and painful process, it‘s easy for parents to become impatient with emerging readers. We want our children to feel comfortable and successful when they read, and to love reading. So when kids struggle to sound out every word on a page, insist on reading books that aren’t the “right fit” […]
Designing Engaging, Interactive eLearning for the Virtual Classroom
Cindy Huggett advises eLearning practitioners on choosing and using virtual classroom technology. She is the author of The Virtual Training Guidebook: How to Design, Deliver, and Implement Live Online Learning. Her next book, due out in the summer, will discuss designing and facilitating engaging virtual-classroom training. Huggett is a frequent presenter at eLearning Guild events. […]
Some Reading Tips for Parents
Even if your child is motivated to read, supporting her with a variety of ways and options will keep her momentum going. Here are 7 tips to open up the wonderful world of reading for your child. Reading Tip for Parents: What’s “Just Right”? Children feel confident and competent when they read books that are […]
What is Phonics and how to learn to read?
Many parents of beginning readers have heard about phonics, and many have questions. What does my child’s teacher really mean when she talks about phonics? Does my child need to learn phonics to learn to read? Is phonics most effective if taught at a certain age? How can I tell if my child’s teacher teaches […]
Pearson Shares Its Learning Design Principles Under A Creative Commons License
In December 2016, Pearson published a set of 45 learning-design principles under a Creative Commons license. A company blog post calls them the “nexus of education research (i.e., products based on research) and product efficacy (i.e., research-based products that evidence impact on outcomes).” Pearson is an international company that creates educational courseware, publishes textbooks, and […]
What Is The Keys to Engaging Virtual Classroom Training? Planning, Design—and Channeling Oprah
When Cindy Huggett envisions a great online training facilitator, she’s thinking about Oprah. A key skill is “building rapport with an audience that you don’t have visual contact with. People do this all the time. Think of a television personality like Oprah. She’s the master of creating that connection. And how many of us have […]