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Short, honest posts on teaching little kids to read — what works, what to skip, and what to print for tomorrow.
Draft note: sample posts for now — Eness's real writing goes here.
Forget the buzzwords. Here are the five small routines that carried my phonics block, and how to run them with nothing but paper and a pencil.
Read the postSay it, swap it, tap it on your fingers. Ten warm-ups you can run on the carpet before the pencils even come out.
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June 17, 2026 · 3 min readTyping can wait. What thirty years of watching little hands has taught me about sounds, letters, and muscle memory.
June 9, 2026 · 5 min readGuessing isn't a habit to scold — it's a signal. What it tells you, and the prompt I use to bring eyes back to the word.
June 2, 2026 · 4 min readOne useful idea at a time, plus first dibs on new resources and freebies.
No spam, just teaching resources. Unsubscribe anytime.
Short, honest posts on teaching little kids to read — what works, what to skip, and what to print for tomorrow.
Draft note: sample posts for now — Eness's real writing goes here.
Forget the buzzwords. Here are the five small routines that carried my phonics block, and how to run them with nothing but paper and a pencil.
Read the postSay it, swap it, tap it on your fingers. Ten warm-ups you can run on the carpet before the pencils even come out.
June 24, 2026 · 4 min readThe same Elkonin boxes we use at school work wonders at home. How to run them without turning dinner into a lesson.
June 17, 2026 · 3 min readTyping can wait. What thirty years of watching little hands has taught me about sounds, letters, and muscle memory.
June 9, 2026 · 5 min readGuessing isn't a habit to scold — it's a signal. What it tells you, and the prompt I use to bring eyes back to the word.
June 2, 2026 · 4 min readOne useful idea at a time, plus first dibs on new resources and freebies.
No spam, just teaching resources. Unsubscribe anytime.