Miss Mary
The reason so many children are poor readers and what you can do about it!
For many years, schools have taught children to read using ineffective strategies for struggling readers; using a theory about reading...
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Miss Mary
- Oct 30, 2021
- 2 min
Halloween Read Alouds for Young Children
Halloween can be a pretty exciting holiday for many kids! Here’s a great way to help them settle down and have some quiet time before the...
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Miss Mary
- Aug 15, 2021
- 11 min
Is Your Child Ready for Kindergarten?
Is your child ready for Kindergarten? You want to make sure you do everything you can to have your child ready. But - what does “ready...
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Miss Mary
- Aug 6, 2021
- 2 min
14 Games to Motivate Your Child to Read....BEFORE They Head Back to School
Using games to motivate your child to read BEFORE they head back to school will not only improve their reading skills, these games also...
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Miss Mary
- Jul 29, 2021
- 5 min
How to Help your Child to Read – 5 Links for Early Reading
Guest Blog by Jenelle Lesmeister, Burk & Co. In this blog, you will learn about my own personal experience struggling with reading. Plus...
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Miss Mary
- Jul 22, 2021
- 3 min
How to Get the Most out of Reading with Your Child
Reading books with your child is a special time of bonding and learning about our world. This simple daily activity of reading together...
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Miss Mary
- Jul 9, 2021
- 5 min
Ready Or Not Here We Come Grade One! What You Need to Know...
Your child has finished Kindergarten and now they know how to start a school day and work in a group. It’s the end of one era and the...
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Miss Mary
- Jun 18, 2021
- 4 min
5 Must Haves in Your Reading Instruction
Effective reading instruction is most effectively implemented when you have a comprehensive reading program that has an organized...
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Miss Mary
- Jun 7, 2021
- 5 min
Master Sounding Out Words With These Pro Tips
Do you say to your child “just sound it out?” Here’s how you can show them. Throughout the year I receive numerous emails from teachers,...
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Miss Mary
- Apr 29, 2021
- 6 min
Revolutionary Way to Teach Multiple Reading Skills in Less Time and Less Stress
Whether you have a beginning, struggling or advanced reader, all parents and teachers want to discover the most effective way to get...
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Miss Mary
- Apr 23, 2021
- 7 min
How to Get Them to Learn to Read FAST
We have just finished our 5 Day Challenge focusing on one of our powerful activities “Swap It!” Parents and teachers saw firsthand and...
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Miss Mary
- Feb 28, 2021
- 7 min
Will My Early Reader Be Bored in School?
Keen parents often invest the time educating their child prior to entering grade one or Kindergarten to ensure school readiness. A...
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Miss Mary
- Feb 19, 2021
- 7 min
Is Your Child Really Reading? How to Stop the Guessing Habit.
Is your child really reading? Does your child guess at unfamiliar words instead of sounding them out? Let’s find out what’s behind it and...
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Miss Mary
- Feb 1, 2021
- 3 min
The Best Predictor of Reading Success
Phonemic awareness is it a cause or consequence of reading acquisition? There are some who argue that phonemic awareness is not...
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Miss Mary
- Jan 20, 2021
- 8 min
Increase Fluency and Make Reading Stick
Your child has just started to read and you are bursting with excitement and pride! Immediately you go on the hunt for fresh reading...
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Miss Mary
- Jan 11, 2021
- 5 min
Get Back To Reading After The Holiday Break
As a teacher, I know how difficult it can be to make the shift between break and getting back into the “learning mode” especially after a...
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Miss Mary
- Jan 4, 2021
- 7 min
Letter Sound Instruction Made Easy
Hello! I’m Mary Printz co-founder of Early Readers Academy, where we help teachers, parents, and homeschoolers systematize reading...
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Miss Mary
- Aug 11, 2020
- 5 min
7 Time-Saving Hacks to Get Your Child Reading Before They Head Back to School!
Do you find it hard to keep up with your child learning to read when life is packed with so many distractions and diversions? Do you...
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Miss Mary
- Jun 24, 2020
- 4 min
How to Get Your Child Reading Over the Summer
Summer vacation is well under way and many children are enjoying the break from reading, writing, and mathematics! The next two months is...
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Miss Mary
- Jun 26, 2019
- 4 min
Get Digging Into Reading This Summer
School’s out and summer is here! Without some intentional planning and preparation, the summer can slide by with little attention to the...
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