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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...
Miss Mary
Jan 20, 20218 min read


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...
Miss Mary
Jan 11, 20215 min read


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...
Miss Mary
Jan 4, 20217 min read


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...
Miss Mary
Aug 11, 20205 min read


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...
Miss Mary
Jun 24, 20204 min read


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...
Miss Mary
Jun 26, 20194 min read


Adding Some Pizz-az to Your Summer Reading!
Did someone say pizza? Wouldn’t it be truly wonderful if pizzas grew on trees? Imagine if you could simply pluck a colourful pizza from a...
Miss Mary
Jun 26, 20195 min read


Help Your Kids Achieve More With a SMART Plan!
The Importance of Goal Setting We are five months into 2019, and many of us have already given up on our New Year’s resolutions. Setting...
Miss Mary
May 9, 20193 min read


What's all the ruckus about Emotions?
Emotions…we all have lots of them! Everything we do and everything we learn is affected by the way we feel. Feelings are a natural part...
Miss Mary
May 5, 20192 min read


Brain-Based Learning in Education
Brain-based learning: What is it? Brain-based learning is considered a comprehensive approach in teaching based on knowledge of the brain...
Miss Mary
Mar 25, 20194 min read


Emotional Intelligence is Important
”I hate you” “I’m never talking to you again!” “You’re mean!” When emotions run high, things are said that people normally wouldn’t say....
Miss Mary
Mar 15, 20193 min read


Why Emotional Intelligence is Important to Learning.
I once had a parent ask, “How do you apply emotional intelligence to a child’s learning?” What a great question to start a discussion on...
Miss Mary
Feb 21, 20192 min read


Learning To Read: A Teacher's Experience
I thought I understood the anxiety and trauma that a beginner and struggling reader would face. I thought I knew it all until I met Jack....
Miss Mary
Feb 6, 20192 min read
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