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10 Most important simple steps to teach your child to read: Step 4

July 12, 2021 by Chris Leave a Comment

Build the bridge between sounds and letters

This is Step 4 in our series of posts about how to teach your child to read. This step is perhaps the most important step. In this step parents will learn how to build the bridge between the sounds in words and the letters that represent those sounds.

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A well-used sound board with magnetic letters

Use your letters!

In steps 1 and 2 of this series you introduced your child to sounds in words and to letters and the sounds they make. In Step 3, you used small objects like pennies to represent the sounds in words. And now you will use letters to represent their sounds in words. You and your child will land right on the doorstep of reading!

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Vintage 1960s Space Age Tie Tack

July 1, 2021 by Chris Leave a Comment

This vintage 1960s space age tie tack was given to my dad after he worked on one of the Apollo programs. It was sitting on his desk at work one day with a note. How cool is that?🚀 This is a special kind of corporate gift. The 1960s did things in style.

1960s vintage tie tacks and more

This vintage 1960s space age tie tack is like a museum piece in our family. My sons have worn it on their ties once or twice, but we are all nervous about losing it. It was overlooked for years and then recently rediscovered. My sons used to ask my dad if he fought in the Cold War. He would laugh and say, “Kind of.” I love that Cold War era items are now vintage.

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