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Literacy Skills

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 . By Maya Smart | November 20 , 2019

Stop Villainizing Words That Aren’t Spelled Like They Sound

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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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Literacy Skills, Spelling, Parent-School Partnership . By Maya Smart | November 12 , 2019

Teaching Your Kids to Spell: Does Memorizing Work?

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Maya's Favorites, Literacy Skills, Spelling, Parent-School Partnership . By Maya Smart | October 30 , 2019

9 Questions to Ask Your Child’s Teacher About Spelling

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Literacy Skills, Spelling . By Maya Smart | October 28 , 2019

7 Unique Ways Words Get Their Spellings

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Literacy Skills, Spelling . By Maya Smart | October 25 , 2019

How to Teach Your Child to Spell

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Literacy Skills, Spelling . By Maya Smart | October 23 , 2019

How Children Learn to Spell

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Kids Books, Literacy Skills, Spelling . By Maya Smart | October 22 , 2019

Book Review: An Inconvenient Alphabet

Many picture books aim to spur conversation around the quirks of English spelling, but Beth Anderson’s An Inconvenient Alphabet

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Literacy Skills, Spelling . By Maya Smart | October 19 , 2019

4 Things Parents Need to Know About Spelling

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