If you are searching for a way to strengthen your phonics instruction, I definitely recommend making it a multisensory experience for...

This post focuses on using elkonin boxes with multisyllabic words. Elkonin Boxes are common tools for multi-sensory phonics instruction, and they are valuable for connecting phonemic awareness to phonics skills.

Since we all love a good freebie, I thought I would share one of my favorites, available in the Tally Tales TPT store! This one is...

Hello friends! Can you believe we have reached the last week of February already? March is coming at us fast. In honor of our last week...

I love phonics instruction. Maybe it's just part of my K-2 heart, but I love watching readers grow as a result of explicit, skill-based...

Confession: I love the "fancy" teacher stuff. I love shopping on Amazon, perusing Pinterest, and envisioning all the shiny, new things in...

It seems odd to begin my "LOVEly Instruction" showcase with a lesson on monsters (and you will really question my decision as you review...

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Hello, friends! Today I have a sweet little character to introduce to you (and hopefully, your students/children as well!) Years (and I do mean many years) ago, a colleague shared the concept of a character known as "Mr. BD Eyes" with me. At the time, he did not really have a specific, identifiable image; He was simply a character that I taught my students how to draw whenever they struggled to remember how to write their b's and d's correctly. These letters are so often co

I recently had some questions about the syllable bags my students create in our class. Today, I want to elaborate on this a bit. I am...