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Invite Parent Literacy Leaders to Repeat Key School Words at Home

If children must hear and use a new word 24 times before 80% of them can remember it, teachers will need help making sure special words...

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Teachers Partner with Parent Literacy Leaders

If children must hear and use a word 24 times before 80% of them can remember it, teachers will need help making sure special words get...

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Conversation Starter #8 Cook It, Eat It, Clean It Up - A

Teacher's Guide - Parents as Literacy Leaders

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Early Career Preparation

At the Opening Minds Conference in Chicago on January 28, Ruby Payne talked about teaching very young children that experts think...

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Conversation Starter #8 Cook It, Eat It, Clean It Up - Ages Birth to 1 ½ years old

Teacher's Guide - Parents as Literacy Leaders - The Gift of Words: How do Children Learn to Talk?

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Check in on the Community Playthings website

Open-ended questions do not quiz or test. They are conversation starters because the asker wants to know what the child thinks.

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What other home visitors know and do:

Home visitors can use the VROOM website to help parents deeply appreciate the fact that they are the most important teacher

Support parents. Grow their children’s vocabulary. Give every family The Gift of Words. It doesn’t take more time. It takes more words. Discount for bulk orders: