by Miriam McBreen | Oct 10, 2018 | ELG Highlights, For Teachers
The way we teach doesn’t only affect the skills and knowledge students acquire, it also affects how motivated they are to learn. When students are motivated, they are more engaged with learning, and they get more out of teaching. This is especially important in...
by Shining Sun | Oct 10, 2018 | ELG Highlights, For Teachers
It is surprising to think how many skills, neuropsychologically speaking, a student needs to execute in one single classroom learning activity. These skills are termed executive function. By definition, executive function refers to a set of processes involving mental...
by Clemency Taylor | Oct 9, 2018 | ELG Highlights, For Parents
Beginner Readers: Read Aloud Once your child starts decoding text, you can support them at home by both reading with them and asking them to read aloud. Reading aloud gives children the chance to practice their reading accuracy (reading correctly) and fluency (reading...
by Clemency Taylor | Oct 9, 2018 | ELG Highlights, For Parents
Confident Readers: Writing, Spelling, and Vocabulary Expansion Once children are familiar with the relationship between letters and sounds, they’ll have the tools to use that knowledge for reading, spelling, and writing independently. By the end of phonics teaching,...
by Clemency Taylor | Oct 9, 2018 | ELG Highlights, For Parents
Reading with your child can foster your child’s enjoyment of books and help advance the skills they will need to be ready for literacy instruction at kindergarten or school. Clemency Taylor, program leader at ELG, shares some useful tips for parents of infants and...
by Clemency Taylor | Oct 9, 2018 | ELG Highlights, For Parents
It is now widely accepted that spoken language usually comes to most of us instinctively. However, learning to read (a distant memory for most of us!) is a complicated skill that often must be explicitly taught. This is the first article in a series on...
