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A Parent’s Intuition: Identifying and Addressing Signs of Dyslexia in Pre-Readers
Imagine for a moment that you’re a parent that has overcome the reading challenges associated with dyslexia. Now, you have children of your own and you know that one or more of them could have dyslexia, like you do, because research has shown that it’s inheritable. As a parent, you have a choice to make. […]
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Phonogram AI Video Lesson (Lesson 28): Write and Sound Out AI
In this video lesson for the AI phonogram, students practice writing the vowel phonogram AI while learning the sound that it makes. This includes writing 23 words that contain the ai phonogram. Then, they read and write the poem “Rain” by Robert Louis Stevenson. Take lesson 28 to learn to write and sound out AI […]
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Introduction to Vowels and Multi-Letter Vowel Phonograms (Lesson 27)
The video lesson embedded below about vowels and multi-letter vowel phonograms kicks off the third section of Story Hour Academy’s free online video curriculum for beginning reading and writing. Students can take this lesson, lesson 27, once they know the 22 consonant phonograms that have already been covered in the Story Hour Academy curriculum. If […]
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Consonant Digraph Review (Lesson 26)
In this lesson, beginning readers review six common consonant digraphs. Once these consonant digraphs have been mastered, students may continue on to learn about multi-letter vowel phonograms. This lesson completes section 2 of the Story Hour Academy phonics curriculum, where kids learn how to write and sound out the consonant digraphs ck, ch, ng, sh, th […]
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WH Digraph Video Lesson (Lesson 25): Write and Sound Out WH
In this video lesson for the WH digraph, students practice writing WH while learning the sound that it makes. Then, they write a poem by Christina G. Rossetti titled “The Unseen Wind.” Take lesson 25 to learn to write and sound out WH Finished with the video lesson for the WH digraph? At the end […]
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TH Digraph Video Lesson (Lesson 24): Write and Sound Out TH
In this video lesson for the TH digraph, students practice writing TH while learning the sound that it makes. Then, they write a passage from a story by Isa L. Wright titled “The Three-Legged Stool.” Take lesson 24 to learn to write and sound out TH Finished with the video lesson for the TH digraph? […]
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SH Digraph Video Lesson (Lesson 23): Write and Sound Out SH
In this video lesson for the SH digraph, students practice writing SH while learning the sound that it makes. Then, they review a passage from a poem titled “The Shower.” Take lesson 23 to learn to write and sound out SH Finished with the video lesson for the SH digraph? At the end of this […]
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“The Three-Legged Stool” – How an Old Man and His Wife Find Happiness
“The Three-Legged Stool” story featured here is by Isa L. Wright. It’s part of a collection of short stories titled The Kindergarten Children’s Hour, Volume 1: Stories for Little Children. The Three-Legged Stool Once there was a little old man who lived in a little old house with his gentle wife. And most important of […]
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“The Little Acorn” – A Story About the Lifecycle of an Oak Tree
“The Little Acorn” story featured here is by Lucy Wheelock and appears in her collection of short stories titled The Kindergarten Children’s Hour, Volume 1: Stories for Little Children. The Little Acorn It was a little acorn that hung on the bough of a tree. It had a tender green cup and a beautifully carved […]
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