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Author: lfyke

Laurie Fyke is a published author with Scholastic NY, Jolly Learning, Ltd., Can Do Cubes, and Teachers Pay Teachers. She is a teacher who has a passion for literacy. Laurie has a desire to share ideas, and activities that she has found useful to help maximize each child's learning potential for reading, and writing. Learning to read and write naturally.

Phonological Awareness: Training the Ears for Reading

phonological awareness_ train your ears to listen

Before children can read and spell with confidence, they need to hear the sounds in words. This post explores phonological awareness, auditory discrimination, and simple ways teachers and parents can help children “train their ears” for reading success.

Reignite Literacy Interest in Struggling Students

helping students who struggle with learning to read

Whether it’s avoiding books, resisting reading aloud, or showing little engagement with literacy tasks, the lack of motivation can be disheartening for both educators and families. But this disinterest is not a dead end – it’s a signal, a challenge, and most importantly, an opportunity.

Teaching Ending Blends

Explore the importance of ending blends in literacy development and discover strategies to teach them to young learners.

Mother’s Day Magic

mothers day fun

Make this Mother’s Day unforgettable with thoughtful activities and crafts that let moms know how much they are appreciated.

Teaching Beginning Consonant Blends

beginning consonant blends

Explore engaging strategies for introducing beginning blends to kindergarten, ESL, and first-grade students and offer creative review ideas to reinforce these skills with second graders.