Growing Literacy

In this episode, I talk about ways to include literacy skills skills in other content areas such as math, science, social studies, and humanities while at home. Cross-curricular literacy skills means that kids are using their literacy skills in a variety of contexts and content areas. While this can be done in school, it also can be done at home, or with family. It is important way to make sure your child knows how important literacy is. Please share your cross-curricular literacy skill ideas with me at sammy@growingliteracytutoring.com. 

Some kids love reading; others, not so much. There are things we can do get get our kiddos more excited about reading and listening to books. In this episode, I talk about several things you can do to get your child more interested in reading books. Listen to find out! If you have any questions or want to shoot ideas off each other, feel free to email me at sammy@growingliteracytutoring.com. 

Books are a great way to get kids reading and exposed to text. But can you teach reading without books? What if your child is getting tired of books? Or maybe you just want to change up the routine. In this episode, I discuss many ways that you can expose your child to reading without books. Reading in the real-world is important. Learn more about making reading more than just books!If you have a way to make reading more than just books, I'd love to hear it! Email me at sammy@growingliteracytutoring.com. 

is your child struggling with reading? Or are you curious about the skills your child needs to be a successful reader? Then this podcast is for you! In this podcast, I discuss 5 essential skills kids need to be successful in reading: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. If you think your child might be struggling with any of these, please feel free to reach out to me at sammy@growingliteracytutoring.com. You can also visit my website at www.growingliteracytutoring.com. 

In this episode, I talk about important literacy skills for kids in grades 6-8. While this list is not exhaustive, it does mention quite a few things that have not been talked about in previous episodes. If your child is struggling with literacy and you would like some help, please email me at sammy@growingliteracytutoring.com or visit www.growingliteracytutoring.com/freeassessment to notify me you are ready for a free assessment/consultation. 

In this episode, I discuss the literacy skills necessary for kids in grades 4 and 5. I talk about what those skills look like and how kids at this age are now reading to learn instead of learning to read. If you have a child who is struggling with reading and writing at this age, please reach out. I'd love to help. You can email me at sammy@growingliteracytutoring.com. 

In this episode, I talk about the literacy skills your child in grades 2-3 needs to be successful in reading and needs to learn to help develop them into a life-long reader. Literacy skills take a while to learn and if your child is struggling or you have concerns, I would love to meet with you for a free consultation and assessment. If you are interested in a free consultation and assessment, please complete this form and I will get back with you within 24 hours www.growingliteracytutoring.com/freeassessment. 

In this episode I discuss important literacy skills for kids in grades kindergarten and first grade. This includes both reading skills and writing skills. I clumped these grades together because the literacy skills that kids should be learning at this age are very similar and build upon one another. For more information about literacy skills, visit my Facebook group: www.facebook.com/groups/growingliteracy

In this episode, I discuss early literacy skills and literacy skills your child ages 3-5 needs to learn or start learning in order to prepare them for success in reading. These skills range from learning the importance of print to letter recognition. To learn more about early literacy skills for preschoolers, follow my preschool on social media. We are @growingliteracypreschool.

In this episode, I talk about the differences between decoding and reading comprehension. Decoding and reading comprehension are two completely different things and require different skills and different interventions if your child is struggling with these things. If your child is struggling with either of these, sign up for a free assessment and consultation at www.growingliteracytutoring.com/freeassessment. If you would like to support childhood literacy and Growing Literacy Educational Services, you can purchase a t-shirt here: www.bonfire.com/store/growing-literacy.

In this episode I talk about how reading is present in our everyday lives and how you can help your child to understand this. I talk about how reading is important and ways you can teach your child to understand just how important reading is to us every day. If your child is struggling with reading, I would love to help. Please visit www.growingliteracytutoring.com/freeassessment to schedule your free assessment and consultation today. If you would like to support Growing Literacy Educational Services by purchasing a t-shirt, visit https://www.bonfire.com/store/growing-literacy/. T-shirts are delivered to your door and I never see the information! 

In this episode I talk about the reasons why I left public education and why I do not plan to return in the immediate future. I am sharing this information to share with families what it is like for public school teachers. I want to share how much I care about education and my students and to help you better understand why I have created my own education based business. This episode is more about getting to know me than about literacy. If you would like to support Growing Literacy Educational Services, please consider buying Read Together t-shirt and show your support for reading with your children. You can purchase your t-shirts at https://www.bonfire.com/store/growing-literacy/. Shirts are sent directly to your home and I never see any of your info, not even your name. 

After the last few years of forced online learning, many families are against online learning for one reason or another. Many teachers found it trivial and refuse to teach online again. I, however, see the beauty in online learning and think it is the future of education and I thought this for many years before the onset of Covid-19. I fully support online learning when done by the right teachers using the right materials and think it poses many benefits to students. Listen to learn why. Want to support Growing Literacy Educational Services? Purchase a Read Together t-shirt today! https://www.bonfire.com/store/growing-literacy/  Orders ship directly to you and I never see any of your info, just the company! 

 Do you think your child might be struggling with reading? This episode talks about what you might see if your child is struggling with reading and what to do to help them if they are struggling with reading. If your child is struggling with reading and you’d like a free assessment and consultation to discuss moving forward and how to better help your child, sign up for a free assessment at www.growingliteracytutoring.com/freeassessment. 

In this episode I discuss 4 of the 5 stages of reading, what kids are doing at each stage, and how you can help your child at each stage. If you have any questions about the stages of reading, which stage your child is at, or how to help your child at their stage, email me at sammy@growingliteracytutoring.com or reach out to me on social media. I’m on Facebook and Instagram @growingliteracytutoring or @growingliteracypreschool.

 Literacy success is essential for future success. Reading is one of the leading indicators of successful people. We all want our children to be successful and having early success in literacy skills can help our kids be more successful in life. Our main goal must be to help our children to succeed with literacy in order to ensure they are successful academically and later in life. To get your child in grades K-8 a free reading assessment, visit www.growingliteracytutoring.com/freeassessment.

 Before children even learn to read, we are preparing them to learn to read. In this episode, we will discuss early literacy skills that children need to be successful in reading, writing, and their future. We will also discuss things you can do as a parent to help your child develop early literacy skills. For 10 Ways to Prepare Your Child to Learn How to Read click here. 

Visualizing the text means creating a mental picture of the text and experiencing it for yourself. Join me in this podcast to discuss ways to practice visualizing the text and gain a better understanding of what visualizing the text really means. 

In this podcast, I discuss how to teach your child to make inferences when reading a text. Making inferences is a skill that takes some time for many kiddos to learn and this podcast will walk you through what making an inference means and how to teach your child to make inferences. 

Analyzing main idea is one thing that students struggle with the most. When reading a non-fiction text, being able to analyze main idea shows comprehension of a text and helps a student to better understand the text. Listen to the podcast to learn how to teach your child to find the main idea. Follow me on Instagram for more literacy tips @growingliteracytutoring.