Teaching kindergarteners can be confusing and old techniques of drill and skill and flashcards can be minimally effective.

When teachers, Megan and Danielle, joined the Building Kindergarten Readers training and started using authentic texts they started to see growth - in the phonics/reading game.

Listen as they tell us about the progression of learning they took their students on and how their students stayed completely engaged. In fact they stated, "They didn't have time to be disengaged!"

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How they keep their students in the Zone of Proximal development by teaching students to constantly be noticing print The reciprocal nature of reading and writing Independent practices that they align to their teaching

RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

Building Readers From The Playground To Print: Unlock the magic of joyful reading Building Joyful Reads Building Kindergarten Readers training