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10 Most important simple steps to teach your child to read: Step 8

November 24, 2021 by Chris Leave a Comment

Teach your child to read short vowel letter sound combinations called blends and digraphs

Letter sound combinations called blends and digraphs are fun to teach. In Step 8 of 10 Most important simple steps to teach your child to read I will provide some simple tips for how to teach these short vowel letter sound combinations.

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Like math, reading builds on skills that increase in complexity. You as the parent can “gamify” these words as much as you want so the complexity does not set up a road block. At the end of this post I list several games that have worked well for my students.

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Wild Rice Minnesota Style: A side dish for Thanksgiving dinner

November 11, 2021 by Chris Leave a Comment

Looking for a side dish to bring to Thanksgiving dinner?

Wild Rice Minnesota Style is the perfect side dish for your Thanksgiving table. This recipe is easy to make and adds just a few ingredients to the wild rice. It’s what we Minnesotans eat with our turkey, gravy, stuffing, and cranberries.

White casserole dish full of cooked Wild Rice Minnesota Style side dish on blue floral hot pads with glass lid resting nearby all on wood surface.
Yes, that is how the lid and dish look after you cook Wild Rice Minnesota Style
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Welcome!  I am Chris, teacher and  mother of four almost all adult kids.  I started this blog during the global pandemic.  Very quickly I had to change with the times.   I was also forced into cooking comfort food just to keep the peace.   Read more about me here.

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