Read my newest article on Medium for the following... The misconceptions of what dyslexia is Early warning signs of dyslexia Ideas on how all stakeholders ca...

Isn't it lovely to have some good news to report!? The percentage of parents who read to their children has increased by 50% since 2014! Clearly the public s...

I am just back from the Wisconsin State Reading Association, where I had the distinct pleasure of being a featured speaker. Perhaps the best experience was a...

Today is a big day! It marks the release of my wildly anticipated (okay, I'm the one with anticipation) International Literacy Association position paper - a...

I’m sticking my neck out there on this post. First of all, I’m going to share out a picture of me at the end of my first year of teaching (circa 2000). All t...

Every parent has had this uncomfortable moment: your child is staring at someone who looks different than him/her. Maybe they are staring at a person in a wh...

The other day I was in a third-grade classroom, where the teacher spoke about increasing his student’s reading stamina. Each student completes reading logs t...

Have you read the latest research brief from the International Literacy Association? This position paper – “Democratizing professional growth with teachers” ...

Thanks to some local moms in my community who are using social media to talk about study skills…or the lack-there-of. In my work in my literacy clinic, I’ve ...

In my work with parents and teachers, I am often the question, “How do you get kids to read?” I provide this answer: ARC. The ARC acronym stands for Access (...

Several years ago, my mother sent me a Halloween card. The front depicted two ghosts; instead of saying “Boo”, they said “Oob.” The bottom of the card read “...

Just when we thought the world couldn’t get any crazier, I come to find out that there are reading researchers who actually believe that independent reading ...

One of the questions that I am most frequently asked (by both teachers and parents) pertains to sight words.  You know sight words – they are those pesky wor...

Do you know what a vowel is? And no, the correct answer IS NOT A, E, I, O, U (and sometimes Y). Let me geek out for a minute to explain why linguistics matte...

If you’ve ever had to furnish an apartment on a budget, chances are you’ve had the pleasure of assembling Ikea furniture. Perhaps you’ve noticed that the dir...

If you’re a child of the 1980s, perhaps this image brings back memories. That’s the cover of the Worldly Wise vocabulary workbook that was ubiquitous in my e...

What's better than cousins? Cousins who read together! I came home the other night to hear my seven-year old daughter FaceTiming with her cousins (ages 7 and...