How to Assess Your Child’s Development with Language & Literacy Milestones

Discover what your baby or child should learn & do at each age to grow into a thriving reader, and how to use milestones to

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Early Language, Parent-School Partnership . By Maya Smart | January 13 , 2025

Language Milestones & Literacy Targets for Kindergarten and Early Elementary

Discover what your child should learn & do to grow into a thriving reader, and how to use milestones to support their progress in

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Kids Books, Literacy Skills, Writing, Family Activities, Literacy Activities, Seasonal & Holidays, Community, Diversity & Inclusion . By Chrysta Naron | January 07 , 2025

Celebrate Lunar New Year with this Brain-Building Story Time Activity for Young Kids

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Literacy Skills, Writing, Social Emotional, Family Activities, Literacy Activities, Seasonal & Holidays . By Contributor | January 07 , 2025

Create a Lunar New Year Fortune-Teller in this Fun Literacy Craft

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Language Milestones & Literacy Targets for Toddlers & Preschoolers

Discover what your toddler or preschooler should learn & do to grow into a thriving reader, and how to use milestones to support

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Language Milestones & Literacy Targets for Babies

Discover what your baby should learn & do to grow into a thriving reader, and how to use milestones to support their

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A Crisis Is Brewing: Learning Gaps and How to Avert Them

Parenting author Maya Payne Smart explains the overlooked phonological awareness skills kids need to become thriving

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Literacy Skills, Early Language, Letters & Sounds . By Maya Smart | November 11 , 2024

5 Tips for Parents from Reading for Our Lives by Maya Payne Smart

Empower your child’s literacy journey with these five actionable tips from Reading for Our Lives by Maya Payne Smart. Discover

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Literacy Skills, Spelling, Family Activities, Literacy Activities, Seasonal & Holidays . By Penny Leigh Sebring | November 06 , 2024

This Cute Holiday Lights Craft Teaches Kids to Read Tricky Words

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Early Language, Personal Development . By Maya Smart | November 04 , 2024

I Made These New-Mom Mistakes. Then I Wrote a Book So You Won’t Have To.

Parenting author Maya Payne Smart shares her inspiring journey to becoming a literacy advocate and what new parents can learn

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