Blog Posts for Caregivers
Learning English With Your Children and Teens: Practice Paraphrasing With a New Game
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
English learners can have fun with their families and learn a communication strategy by making and playing a card game.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teen’s Home Learning: Combine Reading Aloud With Guided Play to Develop Listening Comprehension Skills
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Retelling a story with household items and conversation facilitates use of listening comprehension skills.
Learning English With Your Children and Teens: Focus on Language Development During Shared Reading
Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Keep characteristics like rhyming and other language elements in mind when selecting and reading aloud a book together.
Learning English With Your Children and Teens: Using Junk Mail to Practice English
Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Engage the family with activities that practice English vocabulary, grammar, speaking, and more.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Paired Oral Reading
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Children can work on reading fluency and comprehension while reading along with a caregiver.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Engaging Preschool and Kindergarten-Aged children in Literacy-Focused Guided Play
Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Caregivers can implement three key elements to help grow literacy and pre-literacy skills.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Identifying Themes in Literary Text
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Families can help their adolescents practice this comprehension skill as they look for clues in the text.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Educational Video Programming and Literacy Learning
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Three tips to keep in mind while watching TV as a home learning activity.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: A Guide for Families
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
The IRRC’s Supporting Your Children's and Teen's Home Learning Guide provides web resources by subject area and for assistive technology use, as well as tips for a successful home learning approach.
Developing and Synchronizing the Various Aspects of the Individualized Education Program
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Setting a goal, monitoring progress and deciding on specially designed instruction through an IEP can help students with reading disabilities achieve success.
A Chore No More: Make Summer Reading Enjoyable With Family-Oriented Approaches
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Make summer reading fun and fulfilling for the children in your family and help them maintain their reading skills with these seasonal approaches to reading.
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