9 Manipulatives to Teach Counting to Little Learners

9 Manipulatives to Teach Counting to Little Learners

Please Note: This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure (link) for more info. If you see children counting the chocolates or gifts they receive on Birthdays, you may appreciate the importance of teaching counting. As the count of goodies (their just-found manipulatives) increases, the grin gets broader. Have you ever thought about what is actually … Read more

IEP Goals for Students with Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities (NVLD)

IEP Goals for Students with Non-Verbal Learning Disabilities (NVLD)

Behavior apt to situation and surroundings is a natural manifestation of human intelligence. However, those born with learning disabilities may show the inability to conform to behavioral norms. These children require additional training as a supplement to their basic skills-building curriculum. This additional training emphasizes addressing issues related to non-verbal learning disabilities; building these is … Read more

5 Must-Read Phonics Books for Adults

5 Must Read Phonics Books for Adults

Please Note: This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure (link) for more info. ‘Reading the instructions on the exam paper gave me shivers down the spine; I almost forgot everything I knew.’ Have you ever gone through this kind of trauma? If yes, you are facing reading struggles for sure; root cause may be lying … Read more

Free Printable Phonics Worksheets for Adults [PDF]

Free Printable Phonics Worksheets for Adults [PDF]

I have come across several grown-ups who can’t read properly. By properly I mean – with correct pronunciation, word sound, and prosody. They struggle to sound out words correctly, highly accented lingo distort the words further. On a deeper inspection, I realized that the problem lied in the way they were taught words. Earlier, teachers … Read more

IEP Goals for students with significant cognitive disabilities

IEP Goals for students with significant cognitive disabilities

Learning disabilities are not restricted to discomfort with numbers and language only. If you dissect these issues deeply, you will find other co-morbidities working behind the scenes too. Difficulty in reasoning, comprehending, or ascertaining orientation or inability to take care of the self, which is what cognitive disability sums up as, is the result of … Read more

10+ Creative Math Websites & Online Resources for Kindergarten tots

10+ Free Creative Math Websites & Online Resources for Kindergarten tots

We understand kids lacking interest in math. Lengthy calculations and varying logics might be the culprit here and it just adds up as they move to higher classes. Kids facing challenges in the early stages of the subject often have a hard time understanding advance level maths. Parents support in situations like these can improve … Read more

Free Printable Prime and Composite Number 1-100 Charts & Practice Worksheets [PDF]

Free Printable Prime and Composite Number 1-100 Charts [PDF] with blank template included

Read and write the numbers, and then perform operations like addition and subtraction. All is hunky-dory till this point. The real struggle starts when somebody tells you that these numbers have got the types too. What?!!! Yes, it is perhaps the first reaction you may receive from a child. In pre-primary days, they learn about … Read more

Top 8 Websites To Learn English from Scratch

Top 8 Websites To Learn English from Scratch

Mandarin is the most spoken language in this world. Surprised why we never thought of learning Mandarin? It is because the language is used only in China and its surrounding areas. Global communication’s success requires a language that has a worldwide presence. And the badge of lingua franca goes to English. With 350 million native … Read more

Free Printable 1-120 Number Chart [PDF] with Missing Numbers and Blank Template

Free Printable 1-120 Number Chart [PDF] with Missing Numbers and Blank Template

‘How to introduce numbers to preschoolers?’ Some sew numbers into songs; a few others play games. All activities have their specific utilities. However, none of this guarantees ingrained learning. Educators do worry about the learning taken over by fun. Perhaps this is why the teachers supplement the activities with other consumables such as Printable number … Read more

9 Online Phonics Games For Little Learners

9 Online Phonics Games For Little Learners

Communication is the key to translating your ideas into a string of words that flows from your mind to others. Do you know the main ingredient behind persuasion and influence? It is the art of communication. Therefore a significant chunk of our lives has been spent in “reading and writing” in our schools to develop … Read more