Littles Love Learning Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

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Today's interview is with Heather O'Donnell from Kindergarten Ready Skills (@kindergartenreadiness on Instagram)

Heather is a mom of 2 & former kindergarten teacher. She's the owner & founder of Kindergarten Ready Skills, where she helps preschool moms prepare their kiddos for kindergarten by making learning fun & easy.

She's also the creator of Kindergarten Ready Club, a monthly membership which supports hundreds of families with done-for-you learning activities delivered to your inbox.

Now Heather's launched a brand-new way to support preschool families called the Engaging Early Learning Summit, which is totally FREE!

Heather has gathered over 25 speakers who are going to share tips, tricks, and activity ideas with families of children ages 2-6 (and I'm one of those speakers!)

This summit will equip you with the right tools and know-how so you can become your child's best and favorite "first teacher!"

Join us at this summit to learn proven strategies to help your kids build confidence and form a positive attitude toward learning time (yes, it's possible!)

Click here to grab your FREE ticket before the doors close! (*affiliate link)

Then listen in on my conversation with Heather as she shares:

💜 Her experience teaching kindergarten in an inner-city school

💙 How & why she transitioned out of the classroom and started Kindergarten Ready Skills

🩷 All the details about the Engaging Early Learning Summit (grab your ticket here!) (*affiliate link)

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►Connect with Heather:

Kindergarten Ready Skills

@kindergartenreadiness on Instagram

Kindergarten Ready Skills on Facebook

Engaging Early Learning Summit Ticket (*affiliate link)

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Happy Learning!

-Erin

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Today's interview is with Mariah Choate from Wholistically PsychEd (@wholistically_psyched on Instagram)

Mariah is a mom of two and former school psychologist who, after seeing the pitfalls of public education, decided to create digital resources for parents & educators to learn how to advocate for children's learning needs.

Listen in on my conversation with Mariah as she shares:

💜 The most important special educational law all parents should be familiar with 

💙 What to do if your child does not qualify for an IEP

🩷 How she supports parents who are navigating special education in schools

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@wholistically_psyched on Instagram

Mariah's Stan Store

Mariah's TpT Store

4 FREE guides that cover behavior, student supports, & development

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Happy Learning!

-Erin

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Today's interview is with Alex Klann from Tiny Bite Wellness (@tinybitewellness on Instagram)

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Alex is a picky eating specialist, mom of 2, and self-proclaimed foodie. She has a background in feeding therapy and works as an occupational therapy practitioner.

Alex knows the struggle of not knowing what to serve your child for meals. Every child is totally unique, and even with her specialized training, she found navigating meals with her two boys (each with VERY different personalities!) extremely difficult.

Alex empowers parents to raise confident and adventurous eaters by sharing practical strategies so their children learn healthy habits that will last a lifetime.

Alex is one of the 18 speakers at the one-of-a-kind virtual conference designed for parents called Learn and Play to K: Kindergarten Readiness Virtual Conference!

This unique experience will help you understand ALL the ways your child needs to be prepared for kindergarten, including academically, socially, emotionally, physically, and SO MUCH MORE!

Alex's presentation is all about how to help your little one explore new foods and feel confident eating lunch in a noisy, busy, and distracting cafeteria as a new kindergartener.

From the comfort of your own home, you can learn from Alex and other top experts in the fields of occupational therapy, physical therapy, speech-language pathology, education, psychology, and MORE!

When you purchase a ticket to this conference, you get:

►18 incredible pre-recorded presentations (over 9 hours of training) that you can watch when it's convenient for you

►FREE gifts from each speaker that you can use with your child

►Access to a private Facebook group to ask your questions directly to the experts

►And as a bonus…we’re going to host 3 LIVE Zoom Office Hour Sessions where you can talk with speakers, interact with fellow parents, and get your questions answered in real time!

All for just $47!

This is the ONLY virtual conference dedicated to preparing your child for kindergarten in a holistic way.

We’re going WAY beyond the ABCs and 123s to make sure your child is set up for success in school AND in life!

Tickets are on sale May 23-31, 2024. The conference is June 3-7, 2024.

For more information and to purchase your ticket, please click HERE

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►Connect with Alex:

https://tinybitewellness.com/about/

Instagram @tinybitewellness

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Happy Learning!

-Erin

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***This podcast episode was originally a video where I show an example of how to correctly write each uppercase letter of the English alphabet. To watch the original video, click here.

Handwriting is a crucial skill to focus on in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

Our goal as early childhood educators and parents is to teach our little ones the correct pencil strokes to write each letter fluently. This will help writing become more automatic as well as ensure little ones are not "drawing" letters based on their own interpretation.

Looking for how to form each lowercase letter? Check out this video.

For more handwriting information, please check out these links:

The Ultimate Guide to Handwriting

Pre-Writing & Writing Development Phases

Why I Teach Uppercase Letter Writing First

Tips for Teaching Name Writing

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Poetry is an amazing tool to use with preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten littles to help them develop a variety of literacy skills.

Keep listening for 5 reasons you should be using poetry with your students in your classroom or with your own kids at home.

I've also included some suggestions for adding poetry into your lessons as well as a sample poem for January!

*Get my Poem of the Month Pack here.

*Phonological Awareness Information:

Blog Series

eBook

YouTube Playlist

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As parents and teachers of preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten littles, we need to understand the typical progression of scissor skills & the timeline of development in order to help our kids use scissors safely and effectively.

Keep listening to learn all about scissor skills, including tips for practicing scissor skills and fun activity ideas you can try today!

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Play Dough Scissors

Loop Scissors

Bounce Back Scissors

Kid Scissors

Scissor Scoopers for Sensory Play

Way Out in Space Printable Pack (with cutting practice)

Fine Motor Journals Video

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As parents & teachers of preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten littles, we need to understand the typical progression of writing development in order to help our kids become strong writers.

Journal writing seems to be a popular activity to foster writing development in early childhood classroom, but how can we make sure it's actually effective & meaningful?

Keep listening to learn about best practices for journal writing time, including focusing on fine motor journals and handwriting instruction FIRST before introducing journal writing.

*Looking for ultimate guide to handwriting development? Click here.

*Looking for tips for teaching name writing? Click here.

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JOURNAL WRITING SUPPLIES:

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1) Small Pencils

2) Primary Journals

3) Melissa and Doug Stamps

4) Dot Markers

5) Circle Scissors

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As parents & teachers of preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten littles, we need to understand the typical progression of pre-writing & writing development in order to help our kids become strong writers.

Keep listening to learn about typical pre-writing line development as well as the 4 Phases of Writing Development according to research.

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Handwriting & Name Writing Video Playlist

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As a preschool / pre-k teacher and literacy specialist, I see many parents and teachers VERY focused on having kids memorize "sight words" in order to help with reading.

But research tells us that memorizing words as whole words is ineffective and NOT helpful to our kids.

Instead, we want to pull apart the sounds in words and map those sounds onto letters, which is called phoneme-grapheme mapping.

By doing this, our brains will "orthographically map" those words into our sight word memories.

Keep listening to learn more about the process of orthographic mapping, and find out why it's the key to helping little ones become strong readers.

VIDEO LINKS:

1) Sight Words vs. High-Frequency Words

2) Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping

3) Heart Word Method

4) Heart Words vs. Flash Words

5) VC and CVC Word Blending

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When teaching little ones to read in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten, there are two types of books you'll come across that are marketed for beginning readers: Decodable Books and Leveled Books.

There are advocates for both types of books, but which ones are truly going to teach our kids to read according to the Science of Reading?

Keep listening to learn more about each type of book and why one of them is the clear winner when teaching kids to read.

EPISODE LINKS:

1) Sight Words vs. High-Frequency Words

2) Phoneme-Grapheme Mapping

3) Heart Word Method

4) Heart Words vs. Flash Words

5) VC and CVC Word Blending

6) Orthographic Mapping

*BOB Decodable Books (This is an Amazon Affiliate link. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.)

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