At such a crazy time, you might be thinking that it might be nice to homeschool for a while. And while I don't think we need to fear and panic, being wise and discerning is always a good thing. If you're in Washington, I would HIGHLY encourage you to "like" the Washington Homeschool Organization facebook… Continue reading Coronavirus and thinking of homeschooling?
Author: 26letters
Jessica is a teacher, writer, and mommy of two. She loves teaching all things related to WORDS - languages, letters, writing, books, reading, etc! This website is dedicated to showing parents and students how to write by breaking down the learning process, down to the 26 Letters in the alphabet!
Social Studies / Science / Math Resources
I don't specifically focus on other content areas as my main focus is reading and writing. However, they are important and finding fun resources can be difficult. And you can incorporate any number of reading and writing activities 😉 Brain Pop - Awesome short videos for elementary students about various topics. It's a paid subscription,… Continue reading Social Studies / Science / Math Resources
Reading Resources
Here is a list of my favorite resources to support reading comprehension, some are paid and some are free Superteacherworksheets.com - There are some free resources and you can buy a paid subscription to access all of the worksheets (which include other school topics as well) LearningA-Z.com - This is a paid subscription (I think… Continue reading Reading Resources
Favorite Learning to Reading Resources
Here are some of my favorite resources for you to help your child learn to read! I love the Jolly Phonics program. It's a British program, and you don't have to buy the whole program in order to use it. Their systematic approach to phonograms is partially what I based my own reading instruction off… Continue reading Favorite Learning to Reading Resources
Phonograms
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com So my favorite way to teach reading is to use phonograms. But what the heck are phonograms?? You already know that the alphabet has 26 letters in it (hence the name of this website - 26 Letters) But there aren't actually 26 sounds in English ... there's closer to 45… Continue reading Phonograms
Learning to Read Program
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Learning to read is my favorite thing to talk about these days. It could be because my son is FINALLY able to read to me and is SUPER thrilled to be able to sound out words that he sees all around it. (Cue having to write everything in code from… Continue reading Learning to Read Program
Mama Pedagogue
I'm super excited to announce that I'm starting a new blog that focuses specifically on helping moms teach their children! Whether you're officially a teacher-mom who homeschools, or send your kids to either public or private school, or you have little ones who you're teaching to potty train (solidarity!) I believe that YOU are your… Continue reading Mama Pedagogue
Comprehension Skills
Here is a quick list of Comprehension Skills to teach your child how to understand what he/she reads. Main Idea - the main idea is what the story is mostly, or mainly, about Read the Text Think about what the text is mostly aboutAsk yourself, "Is that the most important idea?" Look for details to… Continue reading Comprehension Skills
Comprehension Strategies
I want to take a second here and throw out some amazing comprehension strategies that I used as a teacher that are great to pull out to help make sure students are learning. These strategies are ones that you teach to your student for them to use for themselves while they're reading to make sure… Continue reading Comprehension Strategies
Writing for Beginners: Letter Formation
Nothing is more frustrating than getting a student (who DOESN'T want to write) to write. How can we mitigate the problem and make writing more enjoyable? This post is specifically about handwriting and beginning writing for younger students. This isn't necessarily for older students, or those who are past the basic writing skills. But primarily… Continue reading Writing for Beginners: Letter Formation
