Literacy Skills, Vocabulary, Community, Diversity & Inclusion . By Maya Smart | December 13 , 2019

What The 2019 Word of the Year “They” Means for Us

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Kids Books, Parent-School Partnership, Author & Leader Interviews . By Maya Smart | December 16 , 2019

Jacqueline Woodson on what teachers can do for kids’ reading

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Family Activities, Seasonal & Holidays, Community, Diversity & Inclusion . By Maya Smart | December 30 , 2019

Culture Queen’s 5 Misconceptions About Kwanzaa

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Community . By Maya Smart | January 04 , 2020

How to Win OpEds and Influence People

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Maya's Favorites, Personal Development, Books for Adults . By Maya Smart | January 13 , 2020

Feeling Off-Balance? Don’t Worry, That Can Be a Good Thing

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Literacy Skills, Spelling, Books for Adults . By Maya Smart | December 06 , 2019

Book Review: Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal About Generation Z’s New Path to Success by Shalini Shankar

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Literacy Skills, Spelling . By Maya Smart | November 20 , 2019

Stop Villainizing Words That Aren’t Spelled Like They Sound

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Literacy Skills, Spelling, Books for Adults . By Maya Smart | November 29 , 2019

Forget Tiger Moms, Bee Parents Are The Ones To Watch

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Literacy Skills, Spelling, Parent-School Partnership . By Maya Smart | December 02 , 2019

What’s a Parent to Do about those Dreaded Spelling Lists?

Endless copying of random spelling lists? Think again. Discover what it takes to really help kids learn to spell

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Literacy Skills, Spelling . By Maya Smart | November 18 , 2019

Spelling Strategy to Try: Say It Like It Looks (At Least, To Yourself)

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